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Published 09:05 13 Sept 2016 BST
Updated 09:41 13 Sept 2016 BST

“As a callow youth, I was expecting him to tell me how marvellous the story was, and offer to introduce me to his publisher. Instead he gave me this fairly forthright criticism “The story was for an A-Level English Literature project, and was probably really self-indulgent, overflowing with flowery adjectives, which Dahl quite rightly bristled at. “After considering his advice, I have to admit it was probably fair and I’ve taken heed of it ever since.” In fairness, if you have to take constructive criticism – at least it’s from the best."
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