Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.” ...

With 19 novels, not to mention poetry and film scripts, to his name, it's no surprise that Dahl was a massive fan of the written word. Here are nine of the best Roald Dahl quotes about books ...