Roald Dahl Long Quotations

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

A little magic can take you a long way.

When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk

My darling," she said at last, are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?" "I don't mind at all" I said. It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like as long as somebody loves you.

When you're writing a book, it's rather like going on a very long walk, across valleys and mountains and things [...] The highest mountain on the walk is obviously the end of the book, because it's got to be the best view of all, when everything comes together and you can look back and see that everything you've done all ties up. But it's a very, very long, slow process.

Well not exactly," the father said."Nobody could do that. but it didn't take me long...

You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.

Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.