Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
ROALD DAHLI’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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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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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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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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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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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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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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