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.
ROALD DAHLWe all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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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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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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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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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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