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
weed stupid ignorant
You ignorant little slug!" the Trunchbull bellowed. "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue!
past bombs down-and
I was already beginning to realize that the only way to conduct oneself in a situation where bombs rained down and bullets whizzed past, was to accept the dangers and all the consequences as calmly as possible. Fretting and sweating about it all was not going to help.
pain knives doctors
Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
dark eight littles
I go down to my little hut, where it's tight and dark and warm, and within minutes I can go back to being six or seven or eight again.
country west 8-mile
When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.
teacher prayer benches
Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us.
clever kids stories
I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears.
flames brave soldier
I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.
rewriting speed facility
I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
wonderful shows
Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful.
pain necks technique
The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.
trying littles way
I regard each sentence as a little wheel... Now and again I try to put a really big one next to a very small one in such a way that the big one, turning slowly, will make the small one spin so fast that it hums. Very tricky, that.
adjectives beastly
Eschew all those beastly adjectives...
punishment choices tasks
It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.