I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.

If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.

Of course they're real people. They're Oompa-Loompas...Imported direct from Loompaland...And oh what a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world - hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles. A whangdoodle would eat ten Oompa-Loompas for breakfast and come galloping back for a second helping.

I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.