Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
ROALD DAHLNowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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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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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
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I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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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 books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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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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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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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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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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