"My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life."

“My responsibility is to get the story right. I can't predict or be concerned with the consequences.”

“Long intervals frequently elapse between the discovery of new principles in science and their practical application... Those intellectual qualifications, which give birth to new principles or to new methods, are of quite a different order from those which are necessary for their practical application.”

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”

“Promising to bring home a feed of fish is the absolute kiss of death to any chances of catching anything but a large heap of derision when you get home.”

“Christ would not vote for Barack Obama because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved,”

“Love is the only thing that keeps me sane ...”

Source : Sue Townsend (2013). “Townsend Plays: 1: Secret Diary of Adrian Mole; Womberang; Bazaar and Rummage; Groping for Words; Great Celestial Cow”, p.321, A&C Black

“I have used Lenovo since I wrote my first novel. My old laptop broke, so I bought a new one, but still a Lenovo. It is one of my most essential devices.”

“The heart bowed down by weight of woe To weakest hope will cling.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.