I think it's essential for comic writers to have a hate figure, a despot, a regime to react against, and I think Thatcher was perfect for me, I loathed everything she stood for.
Sue TownsendI'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.
Sue TownsendThere's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.
Sue Townsend