“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that, I am sure, is why he does it.”

—  Roald Dahl

"Goodbye school" in Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)

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British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot a… 1916–1990

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