David Nicholls Quotes
I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic, and at the same time there's always a little cynical undertone, there's always something that undercuts things.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.
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I really like cable T.V.
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It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.
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If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima.
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Tweeting has taught me the discipline to say more with fewer words.
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It's a terrible poison, writing.
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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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At nine years old, I was presented an opportunity to move to Toronto to train for pairs dancing. As soon as I heard that that's what it entailed, I was out of there. It's like a past life. I hung up my skates and never looked back.
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I think sketch writing is a good spot for everyone to start because it requires you to develop characters, have a beginning, middle and end and have a bunch of jokes in a short amount of time.
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I remember the screen test for 'Gossip Girl' was on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. I was about 17 or 18 years old at the time. I remember driving onto the lot and going, 'Oh my God. This is surreal.'
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I spend 80% of my time in my restaurants. Taping my TV shows doesn't take much time, and then they get aired a lot. That's the thing people don't realize.
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All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an album. I actually write them while I record.
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I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic, and at the same time there's always a little cynical undertone, there's always something that undercuts things.
