I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
ROALD DAHLWhen I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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 snozberries taste like snozberries!
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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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Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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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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I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
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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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Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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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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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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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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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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