Quotes About Dahl

We must hurry!' said Mr. Wonka. 'We have so much time and so little to do! No! Wait! Strike that! Reverse it!

She sat there majestic in her armchair, filling every inch of it. Not even a mouse could have squeezed in to sit beside her.

For whipping cream, of course. How can you whip cream without whips?

Twenty-four feet is puddlenuts in Giant Country.

This dream is continuing very nice. It has a very dory-hunky ending.

What's that?' Sophie cried. 'That is all the giants zippfizzing off to another country to guzzle human beans,' the BFG

As George removed the cork and began very slowly to pour the thick brown stuff into the spoon

we might have expected a fishy story from a man with a name like haddock, goff said.

The romance, alas, waned and withered but the quiche lived on.

I liked The Secret Garden best of all. It was full of mystery. The mystery of the room behind the closed door and the mystery of the garden behind the big wall.

If you go back to, say, the Brothers Grimm or Roald Dahl, you see so much darkness in children's material.

I eat very simple food, really. A lot of it tending towards nursery food.

'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of.

The great thing about Roald Dahl is he tackled the big questions of life without any fear of being shocking or brutal, because he knew the kids could take it.

Every writer dreams of having a backyard cottage, similar to Dahl's 'writing hut.' English cottages and charming huts might seem out of reach, but a good carpenter could build a modest cottage on the cheap.

My favorite food is dahl bhat, the only Nepalese food you can eat on all the expeditions. Everyone from the mountaineering community would know this!

I was lucky because my upbringing was so eccentric. It has helped me cope with unreal situations.

It was therefore understandable, Dahl said, "that the policy views dominant on the Court are never for long out of line with the policy views dominant among the lawmaking majorities of the United States.

There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it.

This is so weird. I feel like bambi just morphed into a raging nymphomaniac.

Of course not," she snapped. "I'm only thirsty. Would you play the gallant and find me a glass of lemonade?" "I assume 'lemonade' is code for wine?

Okay, that's intensely interesting, Duvall said. So you're a priest of the Forshan religion? Which schism? The leftward schism, and no, not a priest. Couldn't handle the celibacy? Leftward priests aren't required to be celibate, Dahl said, but considering I was the only human at the seminary, I had celibacy thrust upon me, if you will. Some people wouldn't let that stop them, Duvall said. You haven't seen a Forshan seminary student up close, Dahl said. Also, I don't swing xeno.

You come to us with some very nice scores from the Academy, Mr. Dahl." "Thank you, ma'am," Dahl said. "Is Flaviu Antonescu still heading up the Xenobiology Department?" Collins asked. "Yes, ma'am," Dahl said. "Please stop appending 'ma'am' to every sentence, Dahl, it sounds like you have a vocal tic.