Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.

- 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.

- Quentin Blake

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

- Quentin Blake

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 i…

- Quentin Blake