black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.

Roald Dahl

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
Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
ROALD DAHL

Inspirational Perspiration Writing
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
ROALD DAHL

Attribution Brave Courage Generosity Human Kindness Thinking
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
If you are good life is good.
ROALD DAHL

Goodness Life One Liner Positive
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
ROALD DAHL

Couple Love Matter
Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
ROALD DAHL

Different Drain Fiction Leaving People Place Writing
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.
ROALD DAHL

Business Eyes Greatness Hide Inspirational Place Secret World
Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
ROALD DAHL

Alcohol Candy Humour One Liner Quick
When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
ROALD DAHL

Book Children Writing
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
f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
ROALD DAHL

Chocolate History Teacher
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
Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
ROALD DAHL

Eat Giant
The snozberries taste like snozberries!
ROALD DAHL

Food Fruit One Liner Taste
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
ROALD DAHL

Believe Fellow Fortunate Myself Positive Time

When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Roald Dahl Quotes