David Nicholls
David Nicholls
David Alan Nichollsis an English novelist and screenwriter...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1966
holiday sea worry
My 20s was a sea of worry. I worried about benefit forms, about being thrown out of my flat. I never went on holiday because I thought: 'What if an audition comes up?' I was a nervous wreck.
perfect wake-up
And then some days you wake up and everything's perfect
thinking unhappiness achieve
I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.
skills ideas giving
Afterward, there was some debate as to whether we'd actually "done it properly," which gives you some idea of the awesome skill and artful dexterity of my lovemaking technique.
just-love-me
Why can’t you just love me? Why can’t you just be in love with me?
fighting battle fighting-battles
Don’t keep fighting battles that are already lost.
mind easy conversation
...and once again Dexter is struck by how easy conversation can be when no-one is in their right mind
remember-you remembers-you remember
We're not ourselves, are we? I'm certainly not myself, not anymore. And you're not either. You don't seem yourself. Not as I remember you.
speak
She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts.
growing-up thinking sensible
Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away.
thinking important facts
As a matter of fact, I think there are more things important in life than "relationships.
people trying ifs
She wondered if she was doomed to be one of those people who spend their lives trying things.
real worry dating
Once you decide not to worry about that stuff anymore, dating and relationships and love and all that, it's like you're free to get on with real life.
return made decent
She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy