Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.

The snozberries taste like snozberries!

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.

Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.

Well, first of all," said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.

The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.

The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.