A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
ROALD DAHLWhen writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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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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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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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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I 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.
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