These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always… — David Nicholls Danger Copy Share Image
“Good God, 'the elusive thing'. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better… — David Nicholls Poetry Copy Share Image
Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles… — David Nicholls Absent Copy Share Image
I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken… — David Nicholls Books Copy Share Image
You've got to stop letting women slip drugs into your mouth, Dex, it's unhygienic. And dangerous. One day it'll be a cyanide… — David Nicholls Cyanide Copy Share Image
“He presses two fingers against each eye and attempts to account for this crippling melancholy, but is having trouble with rational thought.… — David Nicholls Fall apart Copy Share Image
“Live each day as if it's our last', that was the conventional advice, but really who had the energy for that? What… — David Nicholls Change Copy Share Image
She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man — David Nicholls Limits Copy Share Image
“How would she fill the days? She had no idea. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and… — David Nicholls Change Copy Share Image
“What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to simply try and be… — David Nicholls Change the world Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really… — David Nicholls Believe Copy Share Image
The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and… — David Nicholls Cities Copy Share Image
Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit… — David Nicholls Be good Copy Share Image
A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of… — David Nicholls Actor Copy Share Image
Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to… — David Nicholls Being Copy Share Image
“That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life.… — David Nicholls Change Copy Share Image
Do you miss her?' 'Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend. — David Nicholls Best friend Copy Share Image
“I’m not expressing myself very well—’ ‘Dexter, I understand you perfectly, that’s the problem—” — David Nicholls Expressing Myself Copy Share Image
“I think reality is over-rated,' he said in the hope that this might come across as dark and charismatic.” — David Nicholls Hope Copy Share Image
“Who me? God, no, I'm terrible . . . " Then, just as an experiment, I say, "And, besides, I don't think… — David Nicholls Humor Copy Share Image
If you're my friend I should be able to talk to you but I can't, and if I can't talk to you,… — David Nicholls Able Copy Share Image
“and not for the first time she felt a reassuring shiver of dislike for him.” — David Nicholls First time Copy Share Image
