I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Mrs O'Leary said, 'Tis the child I feel sorry for', and all the people looked up and saw me, so I looked… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Ball has got a daughter who is a writer. I asked her how her daughter qualified to be one. Mrs. Ball… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was a single… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I dreaded blindness. We used to ask: 'Would we rather be blind or deaf?' I said I'd… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
Being poor with three small children is terrifying. You can't make any plans. You know you're not going on holiday, ever. There's… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I must have been a very strange child. I was very pretentious. Like Adrian Mole. — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I could have been a better mother. My children assure me it was fine. But when you are running to catch the… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Alexander assured her, 'Eva, none of us know our children. Because they are not us.” — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be Jo in 'Little Women.' She's a bit reckless and feckless, always getting into trouble like me. But I'm probably… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Sex with the gorilla went on a bit, but once he'd stumbled over my clitoris we both had good times.” — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Personally, nothing would surprise me any more. If my father announced that he was really a Russian agent or my mother ran away with… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Pauline: "All under-fives are mad Adrian, you used to talk to the moon. You invited it to your birthday party and cried when it… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Had a note from Mr Cherry asking me when I can resume my paper round. I sent a note back to say that due… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
People down on their luck deserve the best: beautiful surroundings and well-paid professional staff to help them out of their difficulties. Why not train… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice. — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I take life very seriously. I can laugh at it, because what else can you do? But it's a hard daily battle. — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure. — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
