Sue Townsend
Sue Townsend
Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend, FRSLwas an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 April 1946
husband thinking years
I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.
monarchy stills corpses
The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.
dream listening-to-others people
There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.
writing would-be 1960s
I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.
sight mobility granted
I took my sight and mobility for granted.
responsibility hotel
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.
notebook house different
I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.
hands giving way
Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.
hate people treasure
Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.
world worst
I am the world's worst diabetic.
writing needs television
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.
father hands hair
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.
birthday mother children
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.
sexy book thinking
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.