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
ROALD DAHLA little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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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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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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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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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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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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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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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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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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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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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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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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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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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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