I'd love to see Kate Bush, full stop. Sue Perkins More Quotes by Sue Perkins More Quotes From Sue Perkins I think the fact that I am gay is about the 47th most interesting thing about me. Sue Perkins gayinterestingthinking I always want to have fun and be silly and be childish. I'm very childish. I am at my happiest when I am a child and I am just playing. Sue Perkins childishhave-funi-amchild I have come to understand that my hatred of the gym was based on fear and prejudice, a tribal resistance to science, to improvement. But to ignore my aging physicality and not try and become the strongest and fittest I can be is curmudgeonly at best and wilfully ignorant at worst. Sue Perkins bestgymfearscience Long hair doesn't look good on me because my hair is fine. Sue Perkins goodlookmelong I'm a passionate person; there's a lot going on underneath my carousel of blazers: a cauldron of sensitivity and emotion. Sue Perkins goingpersonpassionateemotion It's so hard to do the right thing with a pen and a piece of paper and a set of abstract thoughts. Sue Perkins do-the-right-thingpenthoughtshard The great thing about ageing is that your eyesight deteriorates at the same rate as your face. So I can't see how bad things are getting. Sue Perkins faceyourbadgreat The only time I am not talking is when I am dancing. I look like an electrocuted octopus. Sue Perkins i-amlooknot-talkingtime I have slight attention-span issues, so I will often wander off, and then I will be alerted - in inverted commas - when the smoke alarm goes off. So that's how I work out if a bake is finished. Sue Perkins willsmokewanderwork Being a lesbian is only about the 47th most interesting thing about me. Sue Perkins onlybeingmeinteresting I love watching birds of prey and stags. Sue Perkins birdswatchingpreylove In Hebrew, the name Susan means 'graceful lily' - in Khmer, it means 'girl with the bad puns,' and in ancient Aztec, it translates as 'she with the cockerel hair and dirty glasses.' Sue Perkins nameglassesgirlhair I had an operation on my cornea when I was little, and remember being deeply enamoured with the team who looked after me. Sue Perkins beingmeteamremember I have a voice inside. A voice that I am forever trying to silence. A voice that calls me in when I want to be out, playing. A voice that is always sad. That is always terrified. That always wants to sit in the darkened room, away from noise and movement and colour - away from any experience that could prove to be challenging. Sue Perkins i-ammesadsilence I don't think anyone can listen to a Smiths song and not scream your lungs out in recognition of what it's like to feel odd. Sue Perkins yourfeelthinksong It's always a treat for me to go to the British Library. Sue Perkins treatgomelibrary 'Bleak House' remains a great novel for me, and I love 'David Copperfield.' Sue Perkins greatmehouselove I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dickens's books work for me. Sue Perkins onlymecollegework I was an international krumper at one time. I can't talk about it, really, because when you've lived for krump like I have, when you get a bit older and you move away from it, it's hard. Sue Perkins talkyouhardtime I'd really like to see Mary Berry busting out a Pitbull number! Sue Perkins reallyoutseelike
