Top 48 Quotes by Sue Townsend

About Sue Townsend

These are some quotes by English author Sue Townsend Novelist, who was born on April 2, 1946.

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.

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

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.

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.

Sue Townsend

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.'

Sue Townsend

I used to think I had nice arms, but I don't even think that anymore.

I used to think I had nice arms, but I don't even think that anymore.

Sue Townsend

'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature.

'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature.

Sue Townsend

Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.

Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.

Sue Townsend

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.

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

In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It kept me in toffees.

In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It kept me in toffees.

Sue Townsend

I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.

I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.

Sue Townsend

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.

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.

Sue Townsend

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