Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
ROALD DAHLFor me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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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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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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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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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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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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If you are good life is good.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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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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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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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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