Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it. Roald Dahl More Quotes by Roald Dahl More Quotes From Roald Dahl The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman. Roald Dahl absoluteshellbusinessman Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful. Roald Dahl readingwonderfulbook The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it's a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he's broken a leg, you very quickly stop laughing and it's not a joke anymore. Roald Dahl laughterbrokenfall lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say Roald Dahl There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that nearly every writer uses, of inserting at least one long, obscure word into each story. This makes the reader think that the man is very wise and clever. So I have the machine do the same thing. There'll be a whole stack of long words stored away just for this purpose." Where?" In the 'word-memory' section," he said, epexegetically. Roald Dahl wiseclevermemories You is getting nosier than a parker. Roald Dahl 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 I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started. Roald Dahl piratewhat-ifamerica I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books. Roald Dahl nextbookchildren Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve. Roald Dahl lordgivingchildren The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort. Roald Dahl bedcomforthouse A girl should think about making herself look attractive so she can get a good husband later on. Looks is more important than books, Miss Hunky..." "The name is Honey," Miss Honey said. "Now look at me," Mrs Wormwood said. "Then look at you. You chose books. I chose looks. Roald Dahl husbandgirlbook When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk Roald Dahl long-walkswritinglong You mean you live down here?' Matilda asked. 'I do', Miss Honey replied, but she said no more. Matilda had never once stopped to think about where Miss Honey might be living. She had always regarded her purely as a teacher, a person who turned up out of nowhere and taught at school and then went away again. Roald Dahl teachermeanschool careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves. Roald Dahl fightingmonstersmight When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. Roald Dahl modestyimportantwriting It was slowly beginning to dawn upon Henry that nothing is any fun if you can get as much of it as you want. Especially money. Roald Dahl dawnwantfun We is in Dream Country,' the BFG said. 'This is where all dreams is beginning. Roald Dahl dreamsaidcountry ...there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far. Roald Dahl secret I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself. Roald Dahl feel-goodfeelsthinking When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales. Roald Dahl 8-milewestcountry
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