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 DAHLYou can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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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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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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If you are good life is good.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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