Quote by: Roald Dahl

Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started.


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Author Bio


  • NameRoald Dahl
  • DescriptionBritish novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter
  • BornSeptember 13, 1916
  • DiedNovember 21, 1990
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Aviator; Screenwriter; Novelist; Autobiographer
  • WorksCharlie And The Chocolate Factory; James And The Giant Peach; Fantastic Mr Fox; Matilda; The Witches; The Twits; The BFG; The Gremlins; George's Marvellous Medicine; Danny, The Champion Of The World; The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar And Six More
  • AwardsEdgar Award; Zilveren Griffel