A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
ROALD DAHLGrown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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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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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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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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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I’m wondering what to read next.
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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 you are good life is good.
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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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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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