Quotes from Quentin Blake

I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.

The hateful thing about most hotels nowadays is that they only have duvets. I hate duvets.

I don't wait for inspiration. I'm not, in fact, quite sure what inspiration is, but I'm sure that if it is going to turn up, my having started work is the precondition of its arrival.

A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.

I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it.

I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.