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
reading next wonder
I'm wondering what to read next.
inspiring book secret-places
The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
morning school boys
When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green.
years ugly faces
If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
book positive-attitude ugly
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.
inspiration writing perspiration
Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
funny twits marvellous
Don't gobblefunk around with words.
writing stories pleasure
For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.
stars past wings
You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.
army blow bangs
Hooray!" said the Chief of the Army. "Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!
weather apples pie
There is something about very cold weather that gives one an enormous appetite. Most of us find ourselves beginning to crave rich steaming stews and hot apple pies and all kinds of delicious warming dishes; and because we are all a great deal luckier than we realize, we usually get what we want—or near enough.
believe matter beans
The matter with human beans," the BFG went on, "is that they is absolutely refusing to believe in anything unless they is actually seeing it right in front of their own schnozzles.
simple thinking routine
I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
tickling problem said
Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.