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.

Quote by Roald Dahl

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Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while...

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while...

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is...

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is...

Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?

Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of...

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of...

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

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

Life is more fun if you play games.

Life is more fun if you play games.

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and...

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and...

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you...

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you...

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would...

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would...

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke...

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke...

Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is...

Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is...

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has...

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has...

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine...

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine...

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country...

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country...

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible...

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible...

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an...

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an...

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the...

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the...

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a...

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a...

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours...

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours...