The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
ROALD DAHLThe books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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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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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
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