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
hard laugh life
I take life very seriously. I can laugh at it, because what else can you do? But it's a hard daily battle.
lack piece seems spend start thinking time work
Lack of confidence - every time I start a new piece of work, it seems I have to spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.
barbara dame furs grand people taylor
I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.
prefer
I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave... and beyond!
monarchy stills corpses
The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.