Roald Dahl

There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.

Roald Dahl

Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

Roald Dahl

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.

Roald Dahl

Unless you have been to boardingschool when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.

Roald Dahl

We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

Roald Dahl

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

Roald Dahl

A bad girl is a far more dangerous thing than a bad boy.

Roald Dahl

A dream is not needing anything. If it is a good one, it is waiting peaceably for ever until it is released and allowed to do its job. If it is a bad one, it is always fighting to get out.

Roald Dahl

A good plot is like a dream.

Roald Dahl

A witch never gets caught. Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.

Roald Dahl