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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

Roald Dahl

Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Eat Giant
The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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Book Ideas Poet Reason Writing
lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say.
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Funny Humour
Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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Care Character Fight Monster
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Dreamer Dreams Music
I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
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Annoy Children Deliberate Grow Up Humour Understand
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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Start Wonder World
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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Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself
For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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Come Invention Pleasure Story Writing
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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Alcohol Need Room Writer
Two rights don’t equal a left.
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Business Deep One Liner Right
If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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Accomplishment Book Children Help Important Reading Success
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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Amazing Book Excitement Inspirational Introduction Live People Transport
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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Humour Intend Invention Lord Walk
Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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Children Fault Parents Spoil
I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Finding Impossible Problem Talk
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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Children Deserve Grow Up Parents Remember Spark
Life is more fun if you play games.
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Fun Game Life One Liner Play
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Business Eyes Greatness Hide Inspirational Place Secret World
f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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Chocolate History Teacher
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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Children Humour Murder Myself Old Possible
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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Diary English Father Perfection Writing
Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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Animal Human Kill
Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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Alcohol Candy Humour One Liner Quick
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Important Modesty Oneself Strive Truth Writing
If you are good life is good.
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Goodness Life One Liner Positive
Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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Courtesy Kindness Mind Positive

I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

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