Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
ROALD DAHLThe 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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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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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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I’m wondering what to read next.
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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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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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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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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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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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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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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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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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