Thrillmaker - a chat with Roald Dahl 

Thank you to the person who was put this interview on youtube. He is the man who made me fall in love with reading. Such a terrible loss for literature. It is a wonderful thought so many generations will keep on enjoying his stories for ever.

I've read so many books in my life and my native language is Russian, people who know Russian literature could understand me. I was born in 1983 , since I've studied how to read I sarted my long trip in searching the best writer for me! And now, at the age of 38 I found him! It's Roald Dahl!

All them amazing stories from just one man and his pencil. It just amazes me.

Thank you so much for putting this beautiful interview of Mr. Dahl available n for putting it together. Love all his Stories including the ones I read to my grandchildren over the years. Loved listening to him.. felt like he was telling the Interviewer a story..he is good. God bless Mr Dahl n.. thank you all who are involved.

Nostaligic. Marvellous interview to watch and share with my son who loves Dahl.

Even when he talks,he is so descriptive and is easy to follow with the imagination.

A fascinating man....I would give anything just to chat with him .

Brilliant interview. Thank you

We love him dearly!

He is by far my favorite children's book author. I read all his stories when I was a kid and I was particularly enamored with The Witches. The book was scary to me as a kid and the film by Nicolas Roeg, is one of my all-time favorite films. I absolutely adore the Witches.

thank you for posting this

Thank you

Thank you for Posting!

That was marvelous! Thanks!

His adventure life experience made him a very special observed man.

Brilliant!!

Прекрасно! Благодаря!!!

So inspiring

A remarkable man

Interesting life starting with his RAF career. I thought that was courageous. Great author but he did and said some things that make me wonder about his character I'm discovering.

That was great.

I loved that he spoke his mind and didn’t give two figs.

I dated a distant relative of his as a teen. That Norwegian blood ran true - she outgrew me within a year! Became very tall 😅

My favourite children's author.

He would hate the morden day .A gentleman of another time.

i love his novel

Ok, I’m here!

He rarely rewrote a book six times. He resented it each time his editors politely suggested that Matilda and the BFG (his best) needed more work, but they were right.

Top bloke

Where does he talk about his relationship with Norway? That's the only reason I clicked.

Thank you! What was that composition at the beginning of the interview please?

I read Charlie and the chocolate factory book and I read in class three and the story amazing.

I liked this guy more when he was a mystery to me. After hearing, seeing, and reading about the man behind the books he seems so terribly normal to me now.

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How did Dahl develop the upper class accent? I thought he was of working class stock. Is that just how all children were instructed to speak in boarding schools?

charlie and the choclate factory

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He was having an affair while his wife was very ill. When his daughter found out she was fourteen Dahl gave her an ultimatum, ‘You can tell your mother and tear the family apart or you can keep the secret’ - Quite an evil act

Who here because of school?

I would love to interveiw Talor Alison Swift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Abusive and violent

I do believe he is the most overrated man in the bluddy world.