Good writing is essentially rewriting.
ROALD DAHLThose who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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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 am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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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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Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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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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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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