Top 32 Quotes by David Nicholls

About David Nicholls

These are some quotes by English author David Nicholls Novelist, who was born on November 30, 1966.

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

David Nicholls

I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.

I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.

David Nicholls

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

David Nicholls

I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.

I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.

David Nicholls

Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen.

Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen.

David Nicholls

I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous.

David Nicholls

When I was an actor, I worked with lots of men who had a bit of success early on, who were very good looking, who suddenly made a bit of money and who felt no embarrassment - and nor should they have done - about having a good time.

David Nicholls

I read a lot of F. Scott Fitzgerald. I love 'Tender is the Night,' and its atmosphere of doomed romance. He was one of the greatest prose stylists, with a wonderfully clear but lyrical quality.

I read a lot of F. Scott Fitzgerald. I love 'Tender is the Night,' and its atmosphere of doomed romance. He was one of the greatest prose stylists, with a wonderfully clear but lyrical quality.

David Nicholls

I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty.

I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty.

David Nicholls

This might sound really foolish, but when I came to Edinburgh in 1988 I had spent nearly all my life living south of Bristol, and I was just amazed that a city like Edinburgh was actually in the British isles.

David Nicholls

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