Quentin Blake

Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.

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

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.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.

Lack of confidence - every time I start a new piece of work, it seems I have to spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.