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
prefer
I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave... and beyond!
I must have been a very strange child. I was very pretentious. Like Adrian Mole.
children great opportunity special
This is just such a great opportunity for children with special needs.
coffee dictate eldest feet letters people red sofa table velvet
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.
gone gradually sounds
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.
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.
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.
world worst
I am the world's worst diabetic.
years kidneys overweight
Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.
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.
thinking long duvets
Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.
being-in-love thinking skins
My skin is dead good. I think it must be a combination of being in love and Lucozade.
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.
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.