Roald Dahl

He does it to give himself faith, hope, and encourage.

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'm sure, is why he does it.

Then at 10.30, I fill a thermos with hot coffee and take a mug in my hand and walk up to my work hut, which is away from the house, up in the apple orchard, about 150 meters from the house.

And I go into this splendid room, which I really enjoy because it's so comfortable.

There's an armchair.

I don't sit up at a desk.

I lie back in an armchair.

And I have six pencils, and I sharpen them, and I pour myself a coffee, and I feel very comfortable.

before putting on some very great music, like a Beethoven quartet, and sit and listen to it in the hopes that some of this greatness would rub off on me and that I would write better.

As a matter of fact, it helped quite a lot because it is impossible after listening to great music to write absolute rubbish.

The great thing, of course, is never to work for too long at a stretch because after about two hours,

You are not at your highest peak of concentration, so you have to stop.

1979, that was a big moment for me.

84 was big to me.

And I'm Alex English.

84 was a wild year.

You don't think I'm serious about a free Vietnam?

This is for Vietnam.