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.
ROALD DAHLThe 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.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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If you are good life is good.
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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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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
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