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.

Quote by Roald Dahl

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and...

I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and...

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...

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...

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he...

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he...

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...

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...

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.

Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned...

Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned...

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...

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...

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...

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't...

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't...

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...

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...

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

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