Book Quotes by Nick Hornby

I think that every book that's in a bookstore should entertain in some way.

— Nick Hornby

Books are, let's face it, better than everything else.

— Nick Hornby

If you can get every kid to have found a book that he or she loves, then you've done a great job.

— Nick Hornby

I really don't want to be boring, and so many books are so boring!

— Nick Hornby

When someone says they've read your book 15 times, you think, 'Well, you should read something else.'

— Nick Hornby

“I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on.”

— Nick Hornby

You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God.

— Nick Hornby

In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of "This is me!

— Nick Hornby

We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too.

— Nick Hornby

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

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a…

— Nick Hornby

I always thought 'Of Mice and Men' was such a perfect book because there's nothing not to understand, but it's still really…

— Nick Hornby

(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section) I personally find that…

— Nick Hornby

The whole purpose of books is that we read them, and if you find you can't, it might not be your inadequacy…

— Nick Hornby

I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we…

— Nick Hornby

Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club…

— Nick Hornby

When you're adapting a novel, there are always scenes taken out of the book, and no matter which scenes they are, it's…

— Nick Hornby

All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But…

— Nick Hornby

All I know is that you can get very little from a book that is making you weep with the effort of…

— Nick Hornby

No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there’s always something…

— Nick Hornby

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

Surely we all occasionally buy books because of a daydream we're having - a little fantasy about the people we might turn…

— Nick Hornby

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

Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want…

— Nick Hornby

“So this is supposed to be the how, and when, and why, and what or reading - about the way that, when…

— Nick Hornby

I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much…

— Nick Hornby

“It is not the act of reading itself that I miss, the opportunity to retreat further and further from the world until…

— Nick Hornby

“Last month I was banging on about how books were better than anything—-how just about any decent book you picked would beat…

— Nick Hornby

“partially satisfied by grazing on the first few pages of several books, and as a consequence, there are half-chewed novels lying all…

— Nick Hornby

So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading -- about the way that,…

— Nick Hornby

That is another chamber of my heart that shows no electrical activity - the chamber that used to flicker into life when…

— Nick Hornby

If it's not gripping you, you are reading the wrong book.

— Nick Hornby

Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.

— Nick Hornby

I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much money on books, many of which I will…

— Nick Hornby

Maybe the best thing to do with favorite books is to leave them be: to achieve such exalted position means that they…

— Nick Hornby

I have always been accused of taking the things I love - football, of course, but also books and records - much…

— Nick Hornby

And what would happen if we never read the classics? There comes a point in life, it seems to me, where you…

— Nick Hornby

Several months later, and I have finally read one of the three (books), even though I wanted to read all three of…

— Nick Hornby

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