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" I do think that books, good books, free you. They make you feel a citizen of the world and things like class, sex and age don't matter. They're the greatest leveler. "

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" 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? "

Sue Townsend

Best

Help

Beautiful

" 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. "

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

" I don't like to be noticed. The older I've got, the more reclusive I've become. I've got late-onset shyness. People are lovely. When they see me in the street, they don't ask for anything from me. They just say: 'I thought it was you, and I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your books,' but I can't seem to cope with it anymore. "

" 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

Teacher

Used

" In the early days, it was, you know, I used to weep while I was writing. I used to grab at any kind of anything, any hint, any tip of how to make it easy. "

" We had library books in our house, but not our own. So you had 14 days to read them. There would be eight books a fortnight in our house and I'd read as many of those as I could. "

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

" Being poor with three small children is terrifying. You can't make any plans. You know you're not going on holiday, ever. There's no way you could ever afford driving lessons or a car. And the guilt I used to feel: they had holes in their shoes, and at one point, I had to send them to school wearing Wellingtons when the sun was shining. "

" I took my sight and mobility for granted. "

" My cream and black Aga. It is the heart of the house, and people congregate around it. "

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

" 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. "

" My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment. "

" Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice. "

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

" 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. "

" The DSS offices are not given enough funding, their staff are poorly paid and are driven to distraction by the amount of work they have to do. There is frequent turnover of staff. Morale is extremely low. Working with desperate people all day is very dispiriting; their unhappiness rubs off on you. "

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

Sue Townsend

Been

Strange

" I have a slight addiction to Diet Coke, and, of course, I absolutely shouldn't touch it because it makes the kidneys work really hard. "

" I am a very independent person, and I, you know, I maintain that independence, but, you know, certain things - I mean, it takes, you know, it's just much easier for other people if other people can help you every now and again. "

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

" The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance. "

" I am the world's worst diabetic. "

Sue Townsend

Diabetic

Worst

" Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Watching 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' is my guilty pleasure. "

" Live with all of your senses. "

" 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. "