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Screenwriting 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 Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
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Eastleigh Town
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