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.

Quote by Roald Dahl

Topics: Roald Dahl Quotes

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country...

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country...

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...

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while...

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while...

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

Life is more fun if you play games.

Life is more fun if you play games.

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has...

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has...

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...

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...

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

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

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke...

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is...

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is...

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...