Sue Townsend Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Sue Townsend quotes and sayings page 3 (deceased novelist born on Apr 2, 1946). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 49 we have for her.
“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.”
“'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.”
“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.”
“I am the world's worst diabetic.”
“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.”
“Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.”
“I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.”
“I've always been fascinated by totalitarian regimes. I'm not an admirer of them.”
“Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.”
“I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.”
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