Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
ROALD DAHLWhat a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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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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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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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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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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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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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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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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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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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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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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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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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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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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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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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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