Gerald Scarfe: ‘I’ve always tried to make my drawings more extreme’

The cartoonist and satirist, 80, on his tough childhood, deadlines and getting angry with himself

I’m jolly surprised to make it to 80, because I was a very sickly child – I had chronic asthma. I take an inhaler daily to keep it at bay, but it’s always there. I’m doing less and less exercise because of a back injury, too, but our house has about 80 steps and I walk up and down to my studio at the top quite a lot. I’ve noticed non-asthmatics huffing and puffing when I’m not.

I stand at my desk, which is healthier. Unlike most artists who work from the wrist, I work from the shoulder – I swing at the paper.

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