We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
ROALD DAHLThe 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 don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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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 books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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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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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does 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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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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