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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.

Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
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Fighter Pilot
Novelist
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Short Story Writer
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Llandaf
Wing Commander Roald Dahl
Fear
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Demands
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Fiction
Never
Sure
Whether
Lives

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