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David Nicholls Quotes

You know what I can’t understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, I mean endlessly, I’ve been telling you for years. So why don’t you believe it? why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it’s a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you? Picture Quote #1

She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen-white pages of expensive notebooks. Sometimes, when it’s going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationery Picture Quote #1

She had never been a proficient flirt. Her spasms of kittenish behaviour were graceless and inept, like normal conversation on roller skates. but the combination of the retsina and sun made Emma feel sentimental and light-headed. She reached for her roller skates Picture Quote #1

Do you miss her?’ ‘Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend Picture Quote #1

I love that sound,’ he mumbled into her hair. ‘Blackbirds at dawn.’ ‘I hate it. Makes me think I’ve done something I’ll regret Picture Quote #1

Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don’t get carried away Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

It’s the face itself that I love, not that face at twenty-eight or thirty-four or forty-three. It’s that face Picture Quote #1

A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the costumes and make-up, the actors’ reading of a line or emphasis of a word, the choice of lens and the pace of the cutting - these are all part of the translation Picture Quote #1

Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted ‘One Day’ to stay on that line. I wanted it to be moving, but without being manipulative Picture Quote #1

I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that’s common among writers if they get cornered on something Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Over-familiar, the music has become a kind of audio-Valium, background music rather than something I listen to actively and attentively. A gin and tonic after a long day. A shame, I think, because while each note remains the same, I used to hear them differently. It used to sound better Picture Quote #1

Okay, well I think the programme is like being screamed at for an hour by a drunk with a strobe-light, but like I said-- Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

He swatted at her with his book. Shut up and read, will you?He lay back down and closed his eyes. Emma glanced over to check that he was smiling, and smiled too Picture Quote #1

These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through Picture Quote #1

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Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don’t like you anymore. I’m sorry Picture Quote #1

Who’s he seeing now then?No idea. They’re like funfair goldfish; no point giving them names, they never last that long Picture Quote #1

You're gorgeous, you old hag. If I would give you anything in this world it would be this. Confidence. Either that or a scented candle Picture Quote #1

At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction Picture Quote #1

These days the nights and mornings have a tendency to bleed into one another Picture Quote #1

…surprised all over again at how very comforting very bad food can be Picture Quote #1

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She shouldn’t speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts Picture Quote #1

People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else Picture Quote #1

And you stupid, stupid woman, stupid for caring, stupid for thinking that he cared Picture Quote #1

Why can’t you just love me? Why can’t you just be in love with me? Picture Quote #1

Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it Picture Quote #1

Don't they appreciate how hard it is, staying decent, keeping your head on straight when so much is happening to you and your life is so full and eventfull? Picture Quote #1

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You know what I can’t understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, I mean endlessly, I’ve been telling you for years. So why don’t you believe it? why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it’s a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you? (David Nicholls Quotes) She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen-white pages of expensive notebooks. Sometimes, when it’s going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationery (David Nicholls Quotes) She had never been a proficient flirt. Her spasms of kittenish behaviour were graceless and inept, like normal conversation on roller skates. but the combination of the retsina and sun made Emma feel sentimental and light-headed. She reached for her roller skates (David Nicholls Quotes) Do you miss her?’ ‘Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend (David Nicholls Quotes) I love that sound,’ he mumbled into her hair. ‘Blackbirds at dawn.’ ‘I hate it. Makes me think I’ve done something I’ll regret (David Nicholls Quotes) Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don’t get carried away (David Nicholls Quotes) 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 (David Nicholls Quotes) It’s the face itself that I love, not that face at twenty-eight or thirty-four or forty-three. It’s that face (David Nicholls Quotes) A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the costumes and make-up, the actors’ reading of a line or emphasis of a word, the choice of lens and the pace of the cutting - these are all part of the translation (David Nicholls Quotes) Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted ‘One Day’ to stay on that line. I wanted it to be moving, but without being manipulative (David Nicholls Quotes) I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that’s common among writers if they get cornered on something (David Nicholls Quotes) 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 Quotes) Over-familiar, the music has become a kind of audio-Valium, background music rather than something I listen to actively and attentively. A gin and tonic after a long day. A shame, I think, because while each note remains the same, I used to hear them differently. It used to sound better. (David Nicholls Quotes) Okay, well I think the programme is like being screamed at for an hour by a drunk with a strobe-light, but like I said-- (David Nicholls Quotes) 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. (David Nicholls Quotes) 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. (David Nicholls Quotes) He swatted at her with his book. Shut up and read, will you?He lay back down and closed his eyes. Emma glanced over to check that he was smiling, and smiled too. (David Nicholls Quotes) These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through. (David Nicholls Quotes) Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don’t like you anymore. I’m sorry. (David Nicholls Quotes) Who’s he seeing now then?No idea. They’re like funfair goldfish; no point giving them names, they never last that long. (David Nicholls Quotes) You're gorgeous, you old hag. If I would give you anything in this world it would be this. Confidence. Either that or a scented candle (David Nicholls Quotes) At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction (David Nicholls Quotes) These days the nights and mornings have a tendency to bleed into one another (David Nicholls Quotes) …surprised all over again at how very comforting very bad food can be (David Nicholls Quotes) She shouldn’t speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts (David Nicholls Quotes) People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else (David Nicholls Quotes) And you stupid, stupid woman, stupid for caring, stupid for thinking that he cared (David Nicholls Quotes) Why can’t you just love me? Why can’t you just be in love with me? (David Nicholls Quotes) Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it (David Nicholls Quotes) Don't they appreciate how hard it is, staying decent, keeping your head on straight when so much is happening to you and your life is so full and eventfull? (David Nicholls Quotes)

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