If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
ROALD DAHLNo book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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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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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
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