The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
ROALD DAHLIf you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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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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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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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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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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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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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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