Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
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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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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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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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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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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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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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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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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If you are good life is good.
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