Long Quote by Roald Dahl Download Open image “When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk” — Roald Dahl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Long Long Walk Walks Writing
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There are times when the best writing you can do is to go for a walk or drive, a long drive is ideal. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing. — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
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Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
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Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
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