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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.

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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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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Amazing Book Excitement Inspirational Introduction Live People Transport
For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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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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Come Demand Fear Fiction Ideas Writer
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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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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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself
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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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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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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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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I’m wondering what to read next.
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