Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
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 is the precondition of its arrival.
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.
A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.
