You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
ROALD DAHLI 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.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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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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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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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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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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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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