The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
ROALD DAHLYou chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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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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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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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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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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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 life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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