To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
ROALD DAHLTwo hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do 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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Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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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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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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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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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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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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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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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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