16th December 2009

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née today: Quentin Blake
birth info: 16 December 1932

“Sometimes the writer even makes changes to the story if the pictures seem to need it. For example, in the original version of The BFG, the giant was wearing a big leather apron and knee-length boots. They were only mentioned once, but of course they had to appear in every drawing. However when I did the first drawings, Roald felt that the apron got in the way when the giant moved and ran and jumped, and that the boots were just dull. So we sat down round the dining table to rethink the costume. But we couldn’t agree what the BFG should wear on his feet. Several days later I received through the post a rather oddly-shaped and oddly wrapped brown paper parcel. Unwrapping it revealed a large sandal - one of Roald’s own, which is what the BFG now wears.”