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I find that the only way to make my characters really interesting to children is to exaggerate all their good or bad qualities, and so if a person is nasty or bad or cruel, you make them very nasty, very bad, very cruel. If they are ugly, you make them extremely ugly. That, I think, is fun and makes an impact.

Character Building, Writing Tips, Exaggerated Traits, Children, Writing, Creativity

I find that the only way to make my characters

I find that the only way to make my characters

I find that the only way to make my characters

Roald Dahl’s Quotes On Topics

More Roald Dahl Quotes

“I’m wondering what to read next.”

Reading Curiosity, Book Choices, Literary Wonder, Reading, Books, Wonder

“There’s plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there’s only five of them in the whole world, and that’s all there’s ever going to be. Only a dummy would give this up for something as common money. Are you a dummy?”

Financial Wisdom, Rarity Value, Wealth Perspective, Money, Rarity, Wealth

“When Bruce Bogtrotter had eaten his way through half of the entire enormous cake, he paused for just a couple of seconds and took several deep breaths.”

Cake, Humor, Eating Challenge, Humor, Challenge, Cake

“We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.”

Time, Life Reflection, Humor, Time, Humor, Life

“I is sometimes hearing faraway music coming from the stars in the sky.”

Celestial Sounds, Poetic Imagination, Starry Thoughts, Sounds, Imagination, Stars

“I don’t want a grown-up person at all. A grownup won’t listen to me; he won’t learn. He will try to do things his own way and not mine. So I have to have a child. I want a good sensible loving child, one to whom I can tell all my most precious candy-making secrets-while I am still alive.”

Childhood Desire, Parental Frustration, Sensible Wish, Childhood, Parenthood, Sensibility

“Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn’t be exciting if they didn’t.”

Life Challenges, Thrilling Experiences, Fear Reflection, Challenges, Experiences, Fear

“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.”

Mystical Time, Night Secrets, Storytelling Magic, Witching, Night, Mystery

“We’ve got a lovely telly with a twelve-inch screen and now you come asking for a book! You’re getting spoiled, my girl!”

Modern Convenience, Spoiled Generation, Book Appreciation, Technology, Spoiling, Books

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.”

Positive Thinking, Inner Beauty, Thought Influence, Positivity, Beauty, Thoughts

“No-one got rich being honest, the customers have to be diddled.”

Financial Reality, Dishonest Means, Customer Manipulation, Wealth, Dishonesty, Manipulation

“She sat there majestic in her armchair, filling every inch of it. Not even a mouse could have squeezed in to sit beside her.”

Majestic Presence, Dominant Figure, Grand Appearance, Presence, Appearance, Dominance

“Poppyrot and pigwash!”

Playful Exclamation, Creative Language, Unique Words, Playful, Language, Unique

“If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.”

Thought Reflection, Inner Beauty, Ugly Thoughts, Thoughts, Beauty, Reflection

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

Humorous Reflection, Roller Skates, Divine Intent, Humor, Reflection, Skates

“A witch never gets caught. Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.”

Witch Magic, Devilry Power, Enchanted Life, Witchcraft, Magic, Power

“Bunkum and tummyrot! You’ll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he’d said ‘What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?’ He wouldn’t even have started.”

Courage Motivation, Inspirational Lesson, Bold Actions, Courage, Inspiration, Actions

“Eschew all those beastly adjectives.”

Writing Simplicity, Clear Expression, Adjective Critique, Writing, Simplicity, Expression

“What if they come after us?’ said Mr Bucket, speaking for the first time.”

Fearful Thought, Survival Concern, Family Discussion, Fear, Survival, Family

“The only sensible thing to do when you are attacked is, as Napoleon once said, to counter-attack.”

Self-Defense, Strategy, Napoleon Quote, Defense, Strategy, Attack