David Nicholls Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 30, 1966

Topics

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Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Jesus Christ

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Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.

John M. McHugh

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It's a really diverse time in music, with all these different DJs and all these different categories, and we are all taking footnotes from everyone else. There are no real genre boundaries anymore; you can take a trance idea and put it into a trap record - it's not that uncommon.

Steve Aoki

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It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who they are, in order to be able to project their values and stand up for them.

Sidney Blumenthal

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Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

Robert Frost

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Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful.

Rod Stewart

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Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.

Mike Myers

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In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a 'teetotal Christian,' which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ.

Moby

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It's kind of crazy how music helped me overcome the anxieties that I have.

Lou Barlow

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Attitude is everything.

Diane von Furstenberg

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I have a mind that never stops working. As a matter of fact, it torments me.

Clinton Sparks

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Hollywood to me is a place to work. Home is Chester County.

Claude Rains

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