Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
ROALD DAHLBut it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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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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Two rights don’t equal a left.
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Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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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.
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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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