When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
ROALD DAHLA 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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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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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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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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Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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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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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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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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I’m wondering what to read next.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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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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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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