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
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.
moments glory brilliance
We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.
laughter fall broken
The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it's a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on a banana skin in the street and you roar with laughter when he falls slap on his backside. If in doing so you suddenly see he's broken a leg, you very quickly stop laughing and it's not a joke anymore.
thinking feel-good feels
I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself.
ideas new-day demand
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
girl husband book
A girl should think about making herself look attractive so she can get a good husband later on. Looks is more important than books, Miss Hunky..." "The name is Honey," Miss Honey said. "Now look at me," Mrs Wormwood said. "Then look at you. You chose books. I chose looks.
girl wall children
...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any risks, then I believe they become very prone to injury. Boys should be allowed to climb tall trees and walk along the tops of high walls and dive into the sea from high rocks... The same with girls. I like the type of child who takes risks. Better by far than the one who never does so.
kind
I like enthusiasts of any kind.
secret
...there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far.
candy dandy
Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
girl believe eye
I was observing her closely as I talked, and after a while I began to get the impression that she was not, in fact, quite so merry and smiling a girl as I had been led to believe at first. She seemed to be coiled in herself, as though with a secret she was jealously guarding. The deep-blue eyes moved too quickly about the room, never settling or resting on one thing for more than a moment; and over all her face, though so faint that they might not even have been there, those small downward lines of sorrow.
ideas plot reason
The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
british-novelist men practice preach
Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?