You ignorant little slug!" the Trunchbull bellowed. "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue! Roald Dahl More Quotes by Roald Dahl More Quotes From Roald Dahl When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales. Roald Dahl 8-mile west country I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans. Roald Dahl alive There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!" -Harry Wormwood Roald Dahl wormwood book television It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task. Roald Dahl punishment tasks choices Of course not. You can't have a family hanging over you like a bunch of old dead goats. No offense. Roald Dahl goats over-you travel I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt. Roald Dahl egypt iraq flying Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Roald Dahl benches prayer teacher I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers. Roald Dahl flames soldier bravery Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife. Roald Dahl knives doctors pain I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself. Roald Dahl ties memories school I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible. Roald Dahl littles boys years Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. Roald Dahl tanks heart country Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever. Roald Dahl pears taste eating I doubt I would have written a line ... unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut. Roald Dahl tragedy doubt mind All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe. Roald Dahl young swim children (Television) rots the senses in the head! Roald Dahl imagination children thinking When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all! Roald Dahl writing book children An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details. Roald Dahl details writing book Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful. Roald Dahl shows wonderful He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off the wrapper and took an enormous bite. Then he took another…and another…and oh, the joy of being able to cram large pieces of something sweet and solid into one's mouth! The sheer blissful joy of being able to fill one's mouth with rich solid food! 'You look like you wanted that one, sonny,' the shopkeeper said pleasantly. Charlie nodded, his mouth bulging with chocolate. Roald Dahl chocolate joy sweet