When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
ROALD DAHLIf you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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