Sue Townsend

I always wanted to be Jo in 'Little Women.' She's a bit reckless and feckless, always getting into trouble like me. But…

— Sue Townsend

“Sex with the gorilla went on a bit, but once he'd stumbled over my clitoris we both had good times.”

— Sue Townsend

Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a…

— Sue Townsend

I am the world's worst diabetic.

— Sue Townsend

“Personally, nothing would surprise me any more. If my father announced that he was really a Russian agent or my mother ran…

— Sue Townsend

“Pauline: "All under-fives are mad Adrian, you used to talk to the moon. You invited it to your birthday party and cried…

— Sue Townsend

“Had a note from Mr Cherry asking me when I can resume my paper round. I sent a note back to say…

— Sue Townsend

'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one…

— Sue Townsend

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

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

— Sue Townsend

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

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and…

— Sue Townsend

My dark secrets are life threatening. Pockets of unhappiness set in aspic that build and build. I have this primitive feeling that…

— Sue Townsend

I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from…

— Sue Townsend

In the early days, it was, you know, I used to weep while I was writing. I used to grab at any…

— Sue Townsend

“She is just straight all the way up and down, including her nose and mouth and hair.”

— Sue Townsend

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the…

— Sue Townsend

I asked Mr. Vann which O levels you need to write situation comedy for television. Mr. Vann said that you don't need…

— Sue Townsend

“To unlock the heavy outer door and to walk into the hushed interior, with the morning light spilling from the high windows…

— Sue Townsend

“She was alone. She missed him immediately.”

— Sue Townsend

I am a very independent person, and I, you know, I maintain that independence, but, you know, certain things - I mean,…

— Sue Townsend

I don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees.

— Sue Townsend

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing…

— Sue Townsend

Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.

— Sue Townsend

“me and Nigel”

— Sue Townsend