Quentin Blake
Quentin Blake
Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, CBE, FCSD, FRSL, RDIis an English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer. He may be known best for illustrating books written by Roald Dahl. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. From 1999 to 2001 he was the inaugural British Children's Laureate. He is a patron of the Association of Illustrators...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth16 December 1932
I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.
Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.
I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it.
Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.
It was an accident of circumstance that I never married.