Author: Roald Dahl

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- 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.

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

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

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

- Roald Dahl

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

- 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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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