Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.
Roald DahlWhen I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
Roald DahlSo, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.
Roald DahlI asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears.
Roald DahlWhen you're writing a book, it's rather like going on a very long walk, across valleys and mountains and things [...] The highest mountain on the walk is obviously the end of the book, because it's got to be the best view of all, when everything comes together and you can look back and see that everything you've done all ties up. But it's a very, very long, slow process.
Roald Dahl