Famous Roald Dahl Quotations

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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
by Roald Dahl
"Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker."
by Roald Dahl
"A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men."
by 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."
by Roald Dahl
"And Charlie, don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. He lived happily ever after."
by Roald Dahl
"Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well,"
by Roald Dahl
"I began to realise that the large chocolate companies actually did possess inventing rooms, and they took their inventing very seriously."
by 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."
by Roald Dahl
"The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it."
by Roald Dahl
"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."
by Roald Dahl
"We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it."
by Roald Dahl
"But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved with distractions."
by Roald Dahl


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