It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
ROALD DAHLPerhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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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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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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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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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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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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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’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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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 life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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The snozberries taste like snozberries!
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