I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
ROALD DAHLWhen 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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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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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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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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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 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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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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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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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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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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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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