The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
Roald DahlRead
I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of engagement with literature, regardless of personal opinions.
Roald Dahl expresses that the value of a story lies not in being universally liked, but in the experience of completing it. He believes that if a reader finishes a book, even if they dislike part of it, that engagement is what truly matters, as it reflects the power of storytelling to evoke strong emotions and provoke thought.
In practice
During a book club discussion, you might say, 'As Roald Dahl reminds us, I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.'
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable.
I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears.
By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.
You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
I should be sorry if I only entertained them. I wish to make them better.
All my life I have been trying to learn, to read, to see and hear, and to write. At sixty-five I began my first novel and after the five years, lacking a month, I took to finish it, I was still traveling, still a seeker.
I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread.
We need the books that affect us like a disaster
I regularly take my entrepreneurship students out walking because I want to get them in the habit of noticing and thinking about what they notice. They have to leave their phones behind to learn the basic lesson: Be where you are.
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