I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
ROALD DAHLKindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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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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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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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 greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
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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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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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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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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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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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