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

Roald Dahl · Freedom

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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.

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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 going to come up with them or not.

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When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green.

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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

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