There are loads of fan sites for the ‘Edge,’ including deviant art, song lyrics using ‘Edge’ language, multiple entries on Wikipedia, there are even some ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ games all about the ‘Edge.’ Chris Riddell Read Quote
I want to put the joy of creativity, of drawing every day, of having a go and being surprised at what one can achieve with just a pencil and an idea at the heart of my term as laureate. I want to make sure people have fun whilst addressing fundamental issues I care about passionately. Chris Riddell Read Quote
School librarians play such an enormous role in bringing children to books they are going to enjoy. It’s a magic alchemy when that works. Chris Riddell Read Quote
I think stories can grow out of the visual. It can be an engine for literacy. Chris Riddell Read Quote
I’m interested in illustration in all its forms. Not only in books for children but in posters, prints and performance as a way of drawing people into books and stories. Chris Riddell Read Quote
I would like to say to children, ‘Don’t stop drawing. Don’t tell yourself you can’t draw.’ Everyone can draw. If you make a mark on a page, you can draw. Chris Riddell Read Quote
I don’t feel uncomfortable in forbidding institutions, and work with, say, prisons or psychiatric institutions could be one of the things that evolve out of the Laureateship. Chris Riddell Read Quote
I want to bring drawing back to the basics, make it about the pleasure that it can afford and remove the notion that it’s some kind of precious or difficult activity. It’s another way of telling a story. Chris Riddell Read Quote
I want to show how much fun you can have drawing… parents and children can draw together as a wonderful shared activity. Chris Riddell Read Quote
The ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ have been favourites of mine since my childhood when I misread ‘Aslan’ as ‘Alsatian’ and was struck by the genius of naming a lion after a dog! Chris Riddell Read Quote
