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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.

Roald Dahl

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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Mind Tragedy Twist Writer Writing
The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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Absolute Businessman Comparison Life Writer
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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Humour Right Wrong
It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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Performance Prefer Punishment Task
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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Chance Grow Up Inspirational Work Hard
It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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Children Disguise Father Funny Imagination Mother Parents Wonderful
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Enjoyment Men Nonsense Wisdom
If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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Accomplishment Book Children Help Important Reading Success
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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Start Wonder World
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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Diary English Father Perfection Writing
For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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Come Invention Pleasure Story Writing
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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Desk Force Himself Scold Writing
The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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Book Ideas Poet Reason Writing
I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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Children Humour Murder Myself Old Possible
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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Children Deserve Grow Up Parents Remember Spark

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