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 DAHLIt doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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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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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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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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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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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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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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