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
writing important modesty
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
children book important
If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important
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Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.
philosophical important you-choose
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
charlie chocolate factory reverse strike time
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
forget
Some adults forget what it was like to be a kid,'' Burton says.
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Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?
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I devised a stunt for getting myself sent back home. My idea was that I should all of a sudden develop an attack of acute appendicitis.
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All the figures show that film-makers and publishers go for the safe option,'' says Peter Hunt, children's literature professor at Cardiff University.
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And Charlie, don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. He lived happily ever after. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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I began to realise that the large chocolate companies actually did possess inventing rooms, and they took their inventing very seriously.
secret
...there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far.
rights two equal
Two rights don't equal a left.