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.
ROALD DAHL
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.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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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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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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