We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
ROALD DAHLWatch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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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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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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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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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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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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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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