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
ROALD DAHLNo book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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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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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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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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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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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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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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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.
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