Roald Dahl Quotes

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• I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
• I'm wondering what to read next.
• The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
• If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
• Good writing is essentially rewriting.
• By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one…
• I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery…
• Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.
• Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
• Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it.
• Never mind about 1066 William the Conqueror, 1087 William the Second. Such things are not going to affect one?s life...but 1932 the Mars Bar and…
• Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.
• I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have…
• Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
• You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.
• No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends.
• There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews. I mean there…
• 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…
• The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
• Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

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