But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing 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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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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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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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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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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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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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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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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