For some time now she has had the conviction that life is about to change if only because it must. . . .
David NichollsIf you're my friend I should be able to talk to you but I can't, and if I can't talk to you, well, what is the point of you? Of us?
David NichollsScreenwriting 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 NichollsImagine staying awake all night not because you're worried about the future but because it's FUN
David NichollsTo have had fame, even very minor fame, and to have lost it, got older and maybe put on a little weight is a kind of living death.
David NichollsThere's something unnatural about a woman finding babies or, more specifically, conversation about babies, boring. They'll think she's bitter, jealous, lonely. But she's also bored of everybody telling her how lucky she is, what with all that sleep and all that freedom and spare time, the ability to go on dates or head off to Paris at a moments notice. It sounds like they're consoling her, and she resents this and feels patronized by it.
David Nicholls