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.
ROALD DAHLI’m wondering what to read next.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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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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The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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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 don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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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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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 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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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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