Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
ROALD DAHLI am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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If you are good life is good.
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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