We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
ROALD DAHLThe 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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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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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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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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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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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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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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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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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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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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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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