There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
ROALD DAHLThe reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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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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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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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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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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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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I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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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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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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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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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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