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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.

Roald Dahl

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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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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I’m wondering what to read next.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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 life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.

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