Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice. 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 booklyingpromise 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 sexybookthinking 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 handbagsvinegarclass I don't know why women are so mad about flowers. Personally, they leave me cold. I prefer trees. Sue Townsend madflowertree 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 madsuicidepeople 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 writingtelevisionneeds 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 pieceslongthinking I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house. Sue Townsend notebookdifferenthouse 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 debaucherymothersmoking 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-othersdreampeople My skin is dead good. I think it must be a combination of being in love and Lucozade. Sue Townsend being-in-loveskinsthinking 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 motherbirthdaychildren 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 trainingdaughtermother 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 hairfatherhands Love is the only thing that keeps me sane. Sue Townsend fighting-onboxinglove-is The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance. Sue Townsend corpsesmonarchystills I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed. Sue Townsend 1960swould-bewriting I took my sight and mobility for granted. Sue Townsend mobilitygrantedsight 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 hotelresponsibility Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other. Sue Townsend givinghandsway
