At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes fiction monologue silly
David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to change my name because there was another David Nicholls, and I thought if I changed it to my mother's name, she'd be touched. David Nicholls 90sactorchange share on social
I worry sometimes that I'm a bit moralistic; always writing about men who are learning to grow up, not be so self-absorbed, selfish or badly behaved. I wonder if that's dull and liberal and wimpy? I should probably write something that celebrates wickedness. David Nicholls absorbbadlybehave share on social
I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember. David Nicholls compulsivehavelong Change image and share on social
I've been bitten by a python. Not a very big one. I was being silly, saying: 'Oh, it's not poisonous...' Then, wallop! But you have fear around animals. David Attenborough animalbigbite Change image and share on social
I was about 29 or 30, and I started writing monologues for myself. I felt I got more immediate encouragement from that than I ever had in acting. Liz Tuccillo actencouragementfelt Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
