When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!

All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.

In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for a teacher to convince the proud father or mother that their beloved offspring was a complete nitwit.

I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca.

If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.