Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
ROALD DAHLWhen writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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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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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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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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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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