The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with 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.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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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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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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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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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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I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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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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