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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.
Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.
The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
We is in Dream Country,' the BFG said. 'This is where all dreams is beginning.
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
Me is the only one what won't be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.
All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
Hooray!" said the Chief of the Army. "Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!
careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
Well not exactly," the father said."Nobody could do that. but it didn't take me long.
'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of.
What I mean and what I say is two different things," the BFG announced rather grandly.
I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.
I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?
I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.
A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.
The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.
If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important.
Of course not. You can't have a family hanging over you like a bunch of old dead goats. No offense.
The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.
I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.
There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!" -Harry Wormwood
Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.
We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
Oh where, oh where had Snow White gone? She'd found it easy, being pretty To hitch a ride into the city.
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.
There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be.
Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.
Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.
And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.