Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
ROALD DAHLI have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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If you are good life is good.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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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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