You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
ROALD DAHLWhen I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
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I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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