114 Quotes by Sue Townsend

When all my kids were at home, I used to write from midnight onwards.

I've always been fascinated by totalitarian regimes. I'm not an admirer of them.

I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen.

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 thousands more social workers and let them sit in on claimants' interviews?

This is just such a great opportunity for children with special needs.

I'm getting to the end of my magnifying glasses now. One eye's gone completely. The other is gradually dimming. Dimming - that sounds very dramatic, doesn't it? I'm so lucky. I can still make a living - and the same kind of living.

I must have been a very strange child. I was very pretentious. Like Adrian Mole.

I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave... and beyond!

I always write back to people who are kind enough to write to me. Actually, I don't write - I recline on my red velvet sofa with my feet on the coffee table and dictate the letters to my eldest son.