Surely we all occasionally buy books because of a daydream we're having - a little fantasy about the people we might turn… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading -- about the way that,… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but I’m certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I’ve read books like "The Unbearable… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go fifteen rounds… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
All I know is that you can get very little from a book that is making you weep with the effort of… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Several months later, and I have finally read one of the three (books), even though I wanted to read all three of… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
When someone says they've read your book 15 times, you think, 'Well, you should read something else.' — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Every time we pick up a book from a sense of duty and we find that we're struggling to get through it,… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
…I've had a bad week." What's happened?" Nothing's happened. I've had a bad week in my head, is all. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“When they – I cannot bring myself to use the first-person plural in this instance.” — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“What you don't ever catch a glimpse of on your wedding day - because how could you? - is that some days you will… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You've got to kick off… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I never mind the accusations of domesticity, as long as people recognise that all of us, even the luckiest, will live lives in which… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I wasted the 1980s. I wasted every minute at Cambridge talking to people who knew more about music than I did. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“I took her outside on to a little roof terrace that looked like it never got the sun at nay time of the day… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“I feel as though I have been having conversations like this all my life. None of us is young anymore, but what has just… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Read any women's magazine and you'll see the same complaint over and over again: men - those little boys ten or twenty or thirty… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
