The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
ROALD DAHLBut it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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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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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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