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.
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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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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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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f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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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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We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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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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If you are good life is good.
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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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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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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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Obscurity is never a virtue.
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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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