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

Quote by Roald Dahl

Topics: Roald Dahl Quotes

Life is more fun if you play games.

Life is more fun if you play games.

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine...

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine...

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you...

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you...

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would...

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would...

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

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

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

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he...

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he...

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the...

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the...

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of...

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of...

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an...

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an...

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he...

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he...

All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior...

All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior...

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible...

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible...

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.

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a...

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a...

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

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

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours...

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours...

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

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

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't...

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't...