Roald Dahl Professions : Novelist Born : September 13, 1916 Died : November 23, 1990 Browse All Authors Top 203 quotes by Roald Dahl The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born, is an animal with no manners, no moral sense at all. Roald Dahl child born manners animal 'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of. Roald Dahl show machine just great 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. Roald Dahl good you ugly children Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors