The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
ROALD DAHLIf my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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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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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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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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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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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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