David Walliams Quotes

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• All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.

  David Walliams

  Dream, Life Is, This Life

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• When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me.

  David Walliams

  Children, Book, Hands

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running.

  David Walliams

  Sports, Running, Pain

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.

  David Walliams

  Bully, About Yourself, Feels

  "Mr Stink". Book by David Walliams, October 29, 2009.

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• In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house has been destroyed by a meteorite? Nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Your entire family has been eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex that has travelled through a space/time portal? Nice cup of tea and a piece of cake. Possibly a savoury option would be welcome here too, for example a Scotch egg or a sausage roll.

  David Walliams

  Nice, Cake, Eggs

  "Mr. Stink". Book by David Walliams, www.mirror.co.uk. 2009.

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• I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creativity is developed, when you're young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to.

  David Walliams

  Children, Creativity, Character

  "Big Briton" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2007.

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• I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.

  David Walliams

  Book, Writing, Character

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.

  David Walliams

  Kids, Helping Others, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think all those rules are boring. About what people can and can't wear. Surely everyone should be able to wear whatever they like?

  David Walliams

  Thinking, People, Able

  David Walliams (2013). “The World of David Walliams 4 Book Collection (The Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny)”, p.35, HarperCollins UK

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• I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it.

  David Walliams

  Attention, Kind, Being Bullied

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I still enjoy my life, and I feel like I've achieved enough things that if I never did anything again, I'd feel confident that I'd still have made my mark in some way. But maybe the self-loathing bit is the element that makes you strive for more. Makes you strive to be better.

  David Walliams

  Self, Loathing, Elements

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.

  David Walliams

  Tired, Length, Thames

  "David Walliams swim in river Thames makes a million for charity" by Caroline Davies, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2011.

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• I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable.

  David Walliams

  Thrive, Company, Sociable

  "Walliams on love, sexuality and loneliness" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2009.

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• People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

  David Walliams

  Children, Book, Writing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.

  David Walliams

  Children, Comedy, Bathroom

  "Walliams on love, sexuality and loneliness" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2009.

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• It's strange how sometimes you can be so happy it goes all the way round to sadness.

  David Walliams

  Sadness, Way, Strange

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• I am a huge fan of 'Doctor Who.'

  David Walliams

  Doctors, Fans, Huge

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• Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself.

  David Walliams

  Children, Book, Adults

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It was impossible to sleep. Anxiety stopped me from falling asleep; depression woke me up.

  David Walliams

  Fall, Sleep, Anxiety

  David Walliams (2012). “Camp David”, p.244, Penguin UK

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• It's easier not to make a particular joke in case it offends. But every joke will offend someone, and I've always believed that the audience is bigger than one person. The danger is that things will become bland.

  David Walliams

  Danger, Easier, Bigger

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My favourite restaurant of all time is Mildreds on London's Lexington Street. It's a little vegetarian restaurant and is really fun and healthy, too. It was the first place I went to in London and really liked. That was 20 years ago, and it is still my favourite.

  David Walliams

  Fun, Years, Healthy

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• I would recommend that anyone who wants to do comedy on TV to do radio first.

  David Walliams

  Want, Radio, Firsts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really say anything negative about that, can you? There's nothing better than making your parents happy. The glee on my father's face that day was amazing.

  David Walliams

  Father, Swimming, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening.

  David Walliams

  Light, Chocolate, Comfort

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to think really dark thoughts, self-destructive thoughts.

  David Walliams

  Dark, Thinking, Self

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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