It's often the way that people who take their work seriously laugh at stupid jokes; it's as if they are under-humored and,… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Kids must spend half their lives throwing things at the ducks in Regent's Park. How come he managed to pick a duck… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“I decided, on the spot, to let God into my heart, in the hope that my newfound faith can somehow be used… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“The fuck?” he said. “The fuck?” said Jess. “The fuck what?” “It's an American abbreviation,” said Martin. “ «The fuck?» means «What… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“I'd saw there were millions like me, but there aren't, really: lots of blokes have impeccable music taste but don't read, lots… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“But I want to see Clara, Charlie's friend, who's right up my street. I want to see her because I don't know… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
A lot of what 'Funny Girl' is about, for me, is the experience feeling very happy doing a certain thing with a… — 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… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Why it didn't occur to any of us that a well-known suicide spot would be like Piccadilly Circus on New Year's Eve.… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Anyone and everyone taking a writing class knows that the secret of good writing is to cut it back, pare it down,… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“You’re seeing someone else, aren’t you?" Seeing someone else? How on earth could that explain any of this? Why would seeing someone… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“His father fell off a window-ledge. No wonder his mum had cheered up.” — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Maybe nobody went to see the Rolling Stones here in 1964,' said Ros. 'The dead shark was just too much fun.” — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Will hated Christmas, for the obvious reason: people knocked on his door, singing the song he hated more than any song in… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Reading the book now means that one can, if one wants, play Fantasy Literature--match writers off against each other and see who… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Because . . . most of us think that the point is something to do with work, or kids, or family, or… — 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
