“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.” MenShouldMadeDoneActorsFeltBitsVery GoodGood TimesLooking GoodEmbarrassmentHaving A Good Time Author:David Nicholls
“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.” IfsMenShouldWritingSelfSometimesGrowsBitsWonderWorryGrowing UpSelfishCelebrateDullWickednessSelf Absorbed Author:David Nicholls
“you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that's okay that's alright because we're all meant to be like that at twenty-four.” FeelsLittlesLostBitsFourRight NowLittle BitOkayTwentiesMeant To BeAlright Book:One Day Source: One Day
“Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you” WorldBitsDifferencesBe GoodChanging The WorldCourageous Book:One Day Source: One Day
“I think what it is is, if you're in school and you're not that bright or good-looking or popular or whatever, and one day you say something and someone laughs, well, you sort of grab onto it, don't you? You think, well I run funny and I've got this stupid big face and big thighs and no-one fancies me, but at least I can make people laugh. And it's such a nice feeling, making someone laugh, that maybe you get a bit reliant on it. Like, if you;re not funny then you're not...anything” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsI CanFeelingsBigsRunningSchoolFacesBitsLaughingNiceStupidOne DayFancyLooking GoodMaking People LaughThighsNice Feeling Author:David Nicholls
“The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a different. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Carona electric typewriter and work hard at ... something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible. East sensibly. Stuff like that.” IfsWorldWritingFirstsWellsArtDifferentHardPassionStuffBitsPrinciplesHard WorkEastTricksLife ChangingChanging The WorldCourageousCherishNew ThingsElectricTypewritersStay TrueBe CourageousLive PassionatelyExperience New Things Author:David Nicholls
“I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she siad. ‘You know, actually change something.’ ‘What, like “change the world”, you mean?’ ‘Not the whole entire world. Just the little bit around you.” KnowsWorldMeanLittlesImportantWholeBitsDifferencesLittle BitImportant ThingsChanging The World Author:David Nicholls
