Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahlwas a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide...
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth13 September 1916
CityCardiff, Wales
lovely fortunate fellows
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
revenge humorous math
Two wrongs don't make a right.
vegetables interesting trying
Do you like vegetables?" Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dangerous kind of food. "You is trying to change the subject," the Giant said sternly. "We is having an interesting babblement about the taste of the human bean. The human bean is not a vegetable.
pigs house lucky
The little pig began to pray But Wolfie blew his house away. He shouted, "Bacon, Pork, and Ham! Oh what a lucky wolf I am!" And though he ate the pig quite fast, He carefully kept the tail till last.
lord walks ifs
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.
weed stupid ignorant
You ignorant little slug!" the Trunchbull bellowed. "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue!
rewriting speed facility
I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
egypt iraq flying
I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.
foxes badgers
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?
writing long-walks long
When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk
giants eating
Me is the only one what won't be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants
taste
The snozberries taste like snozberries!
greed want
I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca.
secret said very-good
The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.