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
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.
school home appreciate
Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
sex naughty practice
Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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.
children laughing long
Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.
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.
children writing long
You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.
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.
children book writing
When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
wonderful shows
Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful.
children thinking imagination
(Television) rots the senses in the head! It kills imagination dead! It clogs and clutters up the mind! It makes a child so dull and blind He can no longer understand A fantasy, a fairyland! His brain becomes as soft as cheese! His powers of thinking rust and freeze! He cannot think -he only sees!
pain necks technique
The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.