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
children age remember
I am totally convinced that most grown-ups have completely forgotten what is it like to be a child between the ages of five and then... I can remember exactly what it was like. I am certain I can.
children book has-beens
Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable of doing so.
rewriting speed facility
I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
book reading ifs
If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
reading book wonderful
Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.
father perfect diaries
Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
memories school ties
I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
You is getting nosier than a parker.
wise clever memories
There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that nearly every writer uses, of inserting at least one long, obscure word into each story. This makes the reader think that the man is very wise and clever. So I have the machine do the same thing. There'll be a whole stack of long words stored away just for this purpose." Where?" In the 'word-memory' section," he said, epexegetically.
children giving lord
Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
revenge humorous math
Two wrongs don't make a right.
book good-book
Good authour Good books
foxes badgers
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?
obscurity virtue
Obscurity is never a virtue.