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Writer Quotes by Roald Dahl

50 Writer quotes by Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl reminds us that a writer should be truthful, even more than modesty. He shows how books can carry a reader into new worlds and give comfort, like a friend who never leaves. He also notes that reading can shape how we see life and make us long for brave characters.

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Good writing is essentially rewriting.

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“You chose books. I chose looks.”

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I'm wondering what to read next.

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Good authour Good books

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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

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I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.

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Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.

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For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.

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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?

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“The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone." -Matilda”

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No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends.

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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.

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“Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books.”

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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“When you're writing a book with people in it as opposed to animals, it is no good having people who are ordinary,…

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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring…

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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…

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“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. If only they would…

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When you're writing a book, with people in it as opposed to animals, it is no good having people who are ordinary,…

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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing…

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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…

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“There aren’t many funny bits in Mr Tolkien either,’ Matilda said. ‘Do you think that all children’s books ought to have funny…

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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting,…

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I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself…

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So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out…

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“With frightening suddenness he now began ripping the pages out of the book in handfuls and throwing them in the waste-paper basket.…

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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…

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“One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take…

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“The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman. The writer has to force himself to…

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When you're writing a book, it's rather like going on a very long walk, across valleys and mountains and things [...] The…

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“From then on, Matilda would visit the library only once a week in order to take out new books and return the…

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“When you're writing a book, it's rather like going on a very long walk, across valleys and mountains and things, and you…

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“The life of a writer is absolute hell compared with the life of a businessman. The writer has to force himself to…

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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.

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When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk

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

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There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!" -Harry Wormwood

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“the world is a scary place for such a small child”

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