I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
ROALD DAHLWe have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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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 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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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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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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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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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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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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