Roald Dahl quotes

Roald Dahl, a beloved English author, captivated millions with his enchanting tales. Born in Wales in 1916, Dahl's magical storytelling embraced both children and adults alike. Known for his enduring classics like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Matilda," Dahl's books have sold over 250 million copies worldwide. His imaginative worlds, quirky characters, and unexpected plot twists continue to enchant readers to this day. Discover the delightful universe of Roald Dahl's books and immerse yourself in the wonders of his timeless stories.

Life is more fun if you play games.

- Roald Dahl

If you are good, life is good.

- Roald Dahl

We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

- Roald Dahl

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

- Roald Dahl

There are no strangers in here, just friends you haven't met...

- Roald Dahl

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.

- Roald Dahl

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

- Roald Dahl

Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.

- Roald Dahl

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

- Roald Dahl

A little magic can take you a long way.

- Roald Dahl

You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.

- Roald Dahl

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.

- Roald Dahl

Two rights don't equal a left.

- Roald Dahl

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.

- Roald Dahl

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.

- Roald Dahl

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.

- Roald Dahl

Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.

- Roald Dahl

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.

- Roald Dahl

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

- Roald Dahl

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.

- Roald Dahl

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.

- Roald Dahl

The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.

- Roald Dahl

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

- Roald Dahl

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it.

- Roald Dahl

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.

- Roald Dahl

All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely.

- Roald Dahl

Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God?

- Roald Dahl

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.

- Roald Dahl

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.

- Roald Dahl

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

- Roald Dahl