Source: The Roald Dahl Treasury
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Famous Roald Dahl Quotes
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.”
“You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.”
“No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends.”
Source: The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.”
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.”
Source: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.”
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.”
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Source: Boy and Going Solo
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Source: Going Solo
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.”
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.”
Source: The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets
“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.”
Source: James and the Giant Peach
“If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.”
“If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.”
“To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.”
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
“Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.”
Source: The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets
“But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.”
“Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.”