Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
ROALD DAHLThe greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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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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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 person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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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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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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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 am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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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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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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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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