I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
ROALD DAHLDo you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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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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Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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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.
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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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A little magic can take you a long way.
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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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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 am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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