black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

Roald Dahl

Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
ROALD DAHL

Care Character Fight Monster
I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
ROALD DAHL

Memories School Shoes Stair
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.
ROALD DAHL

Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself
Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
ROALD DAHL

Children Fairy Tale Laugh Scare
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
ROALD DAHL

Business Inspirational Reverse Strike Time Work Hard
All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
ROALD DAHL

Book Done Life Reading View
It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
ROALD DAHL

Children Disguise Father Funny Imagination Mother Parents Wonderful
And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
ROALD DAHL

Allow Inspirational Music Positive Understand Wash Worry
The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
ROALD DAHL

Absorb Beautiful Book Children Excitement Fall In Love Function Funny Prime
There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
ROALD DAHL

Comparison Freedom Imagination Life Pure True
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

Come Demand Fear Fiction Ideas Writer
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
ROALD DAHL

Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
ROALD DAHL

Birthday Children Complicated Creature Grow Up Secret
There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
ROALD DAHL

Comparison Deep Imagination Place Pure Reality
Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
ROALD DAHL

English Mathematics Powerful Rule Simplicity Strict Truth
If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
ROALD DAHL

Book Business Entrepreneur Inspirational Life Success

I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Roald Dahl Quotes