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 laughing long
Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.
children parent faults
Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
children writing long
You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.
children grandmother times-like-these
I shall never have a bath again," I said. "Just dont have one too often," my grandmother said. "Once a month is quite enough for a sensible child." It was at times like these that I loved my grandmother more than ever.
girl wall children
...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any risks, then I believe they become very prone to injury. Boys should be allowed to climb tall trees and walk along the tops of high walls and dive into the sea from high rocks... The same with girls. I like the type of child who takes risks. Better by far than the one who never does so.
children risk looks
The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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!
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!
children delight mirth
I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.
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.
children giving lord
Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
beautiful falling-in-love children
The prime function of the children's book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it. And that first love affair between the young child and the young book will lead hopefully to other loves for other books and when that happens the battle is probably won. The child will have found a crock of gold. He will also have gained something that will help to carry him most marvelously through the tangles of his later years. Roald Dahl
children swim young
All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe.