David Nicholls
David Nicholls
David Alan Nichollsis an English novelist and screenwriter...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1966
people trying ifs
She wondered if she was doomed to be one of those people who spend their lives trying things.
jobs hate people
So must people hate their jobs.That's why they're called it jobs
ideas two people
What must that be like? To be admired before you’ve even said a word, to be desired two or three hundred times a day by people who have absolutely no idea what you’re like?
thinking people matter
I think you’re amazing,’ someone says to someone else, but it doesn’t matter who, because they’re all amazing really. People are amazing.
moving people sentimental
People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.
baby mean wish
I tell you what it is. It's...when I didn't see you, I thought about you every day, I mean every day in some way or another -" "Same here -" "- even if it was just 'I wish Dexter could see this' or 'where's Dexter now?' or 'Christ, that Dexter, what an idiot', you know what I mean, and seeing you today, well, I thought I'd got you back - my best friend. And now all this, the wedding, the baby - I'm so happy for you, Dex. But it feels like I've lost you again.
fun night imagine
Imagine staying awake all night not because you're worried about the future but because it's FUN
men limits reaching
She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man
new-day today
Today. This bright new day that awaits us
running walks
Dont run before you can walk
missing would-be capable
I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.
just-love-me
Why can’t you just love me? Why can’t you just be in love with me?
silly writing fiction
At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction.
independent character sparks
But at the best of times she feels like a character in a Muriel Spark novel — independent, bookish, sharp-minded, secretly romantic.