You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
ROALD DAHLWe are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
-
-
I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
ROALD DAHL -
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 -
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.
ROALD DAHL -
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
ROALD DAHL -
The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
ROALD DAHL -
If you are good life is good.
ROALD DAHL -
Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
ROALD DAHL -
When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
ROALD DAHL -
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
ROALD DAHL -
I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.
ROALD DAHL -
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
ROALD DAHL -
The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
ROALD DAHL -
Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
ROALD DAHL -
A little magic can take you a long way.
ROALD DAHL -
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
ROALD DAHL