But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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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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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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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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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find 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 writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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