I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
ROALD DAHLThe writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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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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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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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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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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If you are good life is good.
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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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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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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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