"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom." ― Roald Dahl Topic(s): Freedom More From Roald Dahl "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." "Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?" "I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do." More In Freedom "There are lots of people out there who think they know the truth about God and religion, but does anybody really know for sure? That’s why the founding fathers built freedom of religious belief into the structure of this nation, so that everybody could make up their minds for themselves."― Jesse Ventura "If this liberal potential is properly channeled, we may expect the area of freedom of the United States to increase. The problem is to spend up our rate of social invention in the service of the welfare of all the people."― Henry A. Wallace "I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early."― Howard Nemerov