Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
ROALD DAHLIf I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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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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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.
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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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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 am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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