Zitat des Tages von Quentin Blake:
I find that I can't work and listen to radio - either I find I don't like it and it distracts me, or I do like it and I want to listen to it.
I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.
I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
The hateful thing about most hotels nowadays is that they only have duvets. I hate duvets.
I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it.
With my pictures, what I hope is that it encourages the reader to imagine more pictures of his own.
Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard - I don't like soaps, reality TV or celebrity chefs.
I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come to be taken less seriously.
A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.
I don't feel as if I belong to an age group.
Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an enormous source of education and culture.
I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.