You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
ROALD DAHLWe have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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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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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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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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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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If you are good life is good.
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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 you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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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’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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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
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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