You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.

If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.

Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.

As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.

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 don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?