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 forever 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

All grown-ups appear as giants to small children. But Headmasters (and policemen) are the biggest giants of all and acquire a marvelously exaggerated stature.

— Roald Dahl

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

— Roald Dahl

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

— 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 stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY

— Roald Dahl

A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely are not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans?

— Roald Dahl

Bunkum and tummy rot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about whiffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started.

— Roald Dahl

Children should never have baths,’ my grandmother said. ‘It's a dangerous habit.’‘I agree, Grand mamma.

— Roald Dahl