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• ‟ '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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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

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• ‟ I always wanted to be Jo in 'Little Women.' She's a bit reckless and feckless, always getting into trouble like me. But I'm probably more like Madame Bovary.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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
  

• ‟ 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.

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