David Nicholls
David Nicholls
David Alan Nichollsis an English novelist and screenwriter...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1966
thinking my-best-friend want
I want my best friend back, she thinks, because without him nothing is good and nothing is right.
reality thinking
I think reality is over-rated
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.
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.
emotional thinking stories
I think probably I'm quite sentimental; I like big emotional stories, I like being moved by things, but I think I'm very embarrassed by sentiment. I'm very embarrassed by corniness.
thinking resorts consolation-prize
I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.
thinking hands photograph
[He] didn’t like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph.
thinking faces arms
And then she frowned, and shook her head, then put her arms around him once more, pressing her face into his shoulder, making a noise that sounded almost like rage. 'What's up?' he asked. 'Nothing. Oh, nothing. Just...' She looked up at him. 'I thought I'd finally got rid of you.' 'I don't think you can.' he said
thinking laughing wish
Sometimes I wish that I hadn't learned how to crochet," I say, and Alice laughs. Obviously she thinks I'm joking, which is maybe for the best.
mistake school thinking
I had made this mistake once before, on a school trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum, when I followed a sign marked WOMEN, thinking it was an exhibition on the changing roles of women in society, and actually ended up standing in the ladies' toilets.
stupid caring thinking
And you stupid, stupid woman, stupid for caring, stupid for thinking that he cared.
dirty thinking hollywood-films
Well, I don't think Hollywood's a dirty word at all, I love a lot of Hollywood films.
writing thinking somewhere-else
I think I became a writer because I used to write letters to my friends, and I used to love writing them. I loved the idea that you can put marks on a page and send it off, and two days later, someone laughs somewhere else in the world.