It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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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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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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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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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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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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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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