Roald Dahl

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it.

Roald Dahl

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

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

For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.

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

If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.

Roald Dahl

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

Roald Dahl

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

Roald Dahl

Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog.

Roald Dahl

The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

Roald Dahl