Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
ROALD DAHLThe greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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If you are good life is good.
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The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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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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A little magic can take you a long way.
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The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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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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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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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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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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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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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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