Roald Dahl

"When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green."

"A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not."

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

"Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home."

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