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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
Roald Dahl



Biography
Author Profession: Novelist
Nationality: British
Born: September 13, 1916
Died: November 25, 1990

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

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.
Roald Dahl

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe.
Roald Dahl

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
Roald Dahl

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
Roald Dahl

All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely.
Roald Dahl

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
Roald Dahl

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Been, Completely, Different, Drained, Fiction, Hours, Leaves, Place, Those, Totally, Two, Writer, Writing
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