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 DAHLf I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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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 greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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 good life is good.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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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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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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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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