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.
ROALD DAHLI’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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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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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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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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Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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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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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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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 think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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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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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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