Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
ROALD DAHLWhen you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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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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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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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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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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