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 DAHLThe reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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If you are good life is good.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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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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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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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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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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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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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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