David Niven was born in London in 1916, the younger of two sons. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. In the 1930s he started to make a living as a freelance journalist, writing for popular magazines such as Sketch, Good Housekeeping and Woman's Realm. In 1940 he joined the British Army as a serviceman but after only six weeks went into the RAF as an air-gunner on a Halifax bomber
After training, he served with No.6 Squadron, which became famous for its first successful raid on Berlin in 1943. The next year Niven was posted to the United States as a transport pilot - first B-17 Flying Fortress and then B-24 Liberator - flying supply missions to Britain during the invasion of Europe. In 1945 he joined 32nd Fighter Group of the US Air Force at Duxford near Cambridge, where he stayed until 1953.
In 1953 Niven took up acting and starred in many Hollywood films including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Darling (1965) and The Love Machine (1967). He also wrote four books: The Moon's a Balloon (1958), I Could Never Be Lonely (1959), Thank You Very Much (1964) and David Niven - A Memoir by His Wife (1975). He died in 1999.
Happy people are those who use a lower threshold in order to label an event positive.David Niven
Max, for some people there are no victories, just alternate forms of losing.David Niven
Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch.David Niven
Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end.David Niven
