A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW YA WANNA BOOK!

I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself and how to write them. It is the most scrumdiddlyumptious story.' Sophie took the book out of his hand. 'Nicholas Nickleby,' she read aloud. 'By Dahl's Chickens,' the BFG said.

Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.

I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!

If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.

Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it.

I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.