I took my sight and mobility for granted.

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.

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.

She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them.

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

Adrian Mole's father was so angry that so many pepole got divorced nowadays. HE had been unhappilly married for 30 years, why should everybody else get away?

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.