A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. Roald Dahl More Quotes by Roald Dahl More Quotes From Roald Dahl '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