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Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it.
Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.
The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.
Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life.
Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.
After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the... →
As adults, we've seen so much before that we often turn the pages of a picture book without really looking. Young children tend to look more... →
Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate'... →
From 17 to 21, I was obsessed by sport and art. In art, I loved the pre-Raphaelites and Rembrandt first. Then I discovered Salvador Dali, and it was... →
I grew up with an older brother who was always stronger and faster and better than me at everything, but I was close enough in age to try and... →
I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already in the team, and my father had... →
I never want to make a child worried or afraid, and I don't think I do. My pictures are born from the belief that children are far more capable... →
I'm impressed by the way some illustrators develop their images on computers, but it's too late for me to start, and I'm still in love... →