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
numbers life-is made
A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
july wish calendars
If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
ears littles giants
A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans?
mothers-day mom children
It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
writing stories pleasure
For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
inspiring book secret-places
The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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.
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?