I think it's essential for comic writers to have a hate figure, a despot, a regime to react against, and I think Thatcher was perfect for me, I loathed everything she stood for. Sue Townsend More Quotes by Sue Townsend More Quotes From Sue Townsend Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned. Sue Townsend book lying promise I've always loved books. I'm passionate about them. I think books are sexy. They are smooth and solid and contain delightful surprises. They smell good. They fit into a handbag and can be carried around and opened at will. They don't change. They are what they are and nothing else. One day I want to own a lot of books and have them nbear to me in my house, so that I can stroll to my bookshelves and choose what I fancy. I want a harem. I shall keep my favourites by my bed. Sue Townsend sexy book thinking Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice. Sue Townsend problem advice people I am from the working class. I am now what I was then. No amount of balsamic vinegar and Prada handbags could make me forget what it was like to be poor. Sue Townsend handbags vinegar class I don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees. Sue Townsend mad flower tree It's no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people. We know the world is rotten and that chins are ruined by spots. Sue Townsend mad suicide people I asked Mr. Vann which O levels you need to write situation comedy for television. Mr. Vann said that you don't need qualifications at all, you just need to be a moron. Sue Townsend writing television needs Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it. Sue Townsend pieces long thinking I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house. Sue Townsend notebook different house 8.45 a.m. My mother is in the hospital grounds smoking a cigarette. She is looking old and haggard. All the debauchery is catching up with her. Sue Townsend debauchery mother smoking There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems. Sue Townsend listening-to-others dream people My skin is dead good. I think it must be a combination of being in love and Lucozade. Sue Townsend being-in-love skins thinking I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was a single mother of three small children, Sean, Daniel and Victoria, living in a prefab house. Sue Townsend mother birthday children I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors. Sue Townsend training daughter mother Barry Kent's father looks like a big ape and has got more hair on the back of his hands than my father has got on his entire head. Sue Townsend hair father hands Love is the only thing that keeps me sane. Sue Townsend fighting-on boxing love-is The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance. Sue Townsend corpses monarchy stills I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed. Sue Townsend 1960s would-be writing I took my sight and mobility for granted. Sue Townsend mobility granted sight I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything. Sue Townsend hotel responsibility
