Quotes by 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 dont believe in magic will never find it.”

“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.”

“And Charlie, dont forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. He lived happily ever after. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

“Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.”

“We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

“Some adults forget what it was like to be a kid, Burton says. ”

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

“I asked my mum, whos a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears - and actually, Corpse Bride is a beautiful and very comforting, joyous portrayal of what might be beyond life.”

“I do not like film directors very much. They lack humility and they are too damn sure that everything they do is right. The trouble is that its mostly wrong. Oh, what a mess Mel Stewart made of Charlie.”

It doesnt matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

Life is more fun if you play games.

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

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.

Bunkum and tummyrot! Youll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if hed said What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back? He wouldnt even have started.

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,Go throw your TV set away,And in its place you can installA lovely bookshelf on the wall.Then fill the shelves with lots of books.

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? Its made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.

Im right and youre wrong, Im big and youre small, and theres nothing you can do about it.

If you are good life is good.