I regard each sentence as a little wheel... Now and again I try to put a really big one next to a very small one in such a way that the big one, turning slowly, will make the small one spin so fast that it hums. Very tricky, that.

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.

We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.

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!

The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.

It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself

We is in Dream Country,' the BFG said. 'This is where all dreams is beginning.