I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
ROALD DAHLFor me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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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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I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
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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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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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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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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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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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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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