David Nicholls Quotes

Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That's the truth of it. They honor their credit cards, they find parking spaces, they marry, they have the nerve to have children, but they don't grow up.

I think this movie, 'Moneyball,' symbolizes becoming a man for me, and I think my character becomes a man. It's important to me: I'm becoming a man. I'm taking my life seriously. I'm taking my acting really seriously, and it's important for me to play adults. It's important for me to change and develop as I get older.

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.

I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's my turn to be my own man.'

As you get older, you start to understand you have to do what you need to do.

As I'm getting older, I feel like maybe I need to grow up a bit.

There's a shift and a change in how we've matured to becoming adults. 'Elevator Girl' represents our maturity.

And then there is the universal role of adult. When you play that role, you take yourself and life very seriously. Spontaneity, lightheartedness, and joy are not part of that role.

Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?

Adulthood has something to do with not choosing any of the pure points of view, but living about half of what you really want to live.

Hopefully I'll be able to mature one of these days, get serious, and at least have them [kids] pretty fast.

In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.

Welcome to adulthood." Cob said. "Every child finds a day when the realize that adults can be weak and wrong just like everyone else. After that day, you are an adult. Like it or not.

As you get older, you get a bit more serious.

I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.

Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

You gotta mature, you know.

I'm excited for people to realize that I'm 25 years old and not a teenager anymore... even though I still look 18 and can't get into a bar to save my life!

I'm ready to live on my own. It's a really big step, but I'm ready.

I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.

I think as you grow up, you have the adjustment to responsibilities. Now you could say that's easy or not easy... but that's a difficult period of your life. You have the loss of loved ones, which then means you have more responsibilities. Periods in business when things don't run evenly.