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I find that the only way to make my characters really interesting 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 and very bad and very cruel. And if they're ugly, you make them extremely ugly. That I think is fun and makes an impact.

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More quotes by Roald Dahl

"There's enough chocolate in there to fill every bathtub in the entire country! And all the swimming pools as well!"

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that, I am sure, is why he does it.

"A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.”

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

The Minpins (1991)

Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

The Minpins (1991)

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