Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a… — 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… — 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 am a very independent person, and I, you know, I maintain that independence, but, you know, certain things - I mean,… — 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
It's no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people.… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
The DSS offices are not given enough funding, their staff are poorly paid and are driven to distraction by the amount of… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I always write back to people who are kind enough to write to me. Actually, I don't write - I recline on… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I don't like to be noticed. The older I've got, the more reclusive I've become. I've got late-onset shyness. People are lovely.… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford. — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them. — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems. — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
My cream and black Aga. It is the heart of the house, and people congregate around it. — 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
