Roald Dahl Quotes

"Some adults forget what it was like to be a kid,'' Burton says. "
-Roald Dahl

"A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men."
-Roald Dahl

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

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
-Roald Dahl

"We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it."
-Roald Dahl

"I asked my mum, who's 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."
-Roald Dahl

"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 it's mostly wrong. Oh, what a mess Mel Stewart made of Charlie."
-Roald Dahl

"Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents."
-Roald Dahl

"And Charlie, don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. He lived happily ever after."
-Roald Dahl