382 Quotes by David Nicholls

The beauty of the ultrasound scan is something that only parents can appreciate, but Emma had seen these things before and knew what was required of her. ‘Beautiful,’ she sighed, though in truth it could have been a Polaroid of the inside of his pocket.

Keep the change," he smiled. Was there ever a more empowering phrase than "Keep the change"?

[He] didn’t like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph.

All young people worry about things, it's a natural and inevitable part of growing up, and at the age of sixteen my greatest anxiety in life was that I'd never again achieve anything as good, or pure, or noble, or true, as my O-level results.

Generally speaking, I resolve to change my life on average maybe thirty to forty times a week, usually at about two a.m, drunk, ore early the next morning, hungover.

There seemed no reason why she shouldn't try writing something in between, but she was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same - you couldn't just soak it up and then squeeze it out again.

Welcome to the graveyard of ambition

You start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few good jokes.

No-one ever built a statue of a critic.