My 4 favorite books of his are The BFG, Danny the champion of the world, The Witches, and Charlie and the chocolate factory. Each one is nice and all 4 are excellent movies. The bfg, Danny the champion of the world, and James and the giant peach were made by Disney. But the witches, Charlie and the chocolate factory were made by Warner bros.
I wish he'd have lived long enough to meet JK Rowling and see the craze the Harry Potter books brought. Would have loved to hear his view on them and the phenomenon.
If only he hadn't been a disgusting smoker, we'd have got a lot more books out of him! Look how much he aged in the last 5 years of his life, all because of 60 years of heavy cigarette smoking. He'd probably have lived to 100 and been a much better writer without those disgusting things!!
He was very much injured by the war and in a lot of pain all the time, which you can read in all biographies written about him. Knowing this and still write such brilliant books is extraordinary. I’m not a fan of cigarettes, but I can understand looking for ways to relax being in pain most of the time.
