Did I do and say these things? Yes, I did. Are there any mitigating circumstances? Not really, unless any circumstances {in other… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I hated teaching Shakespeare. In order for the students to understand what was going on, you had to tell them the story… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I think quite a misguided literary culture has grown up in the 20th century that says a book has to have a… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
When you see the poet laureate saying that every child should have read 'Ulysses' and that you're just giving up on children… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Words don't come very easily to me. Which, given my profession, is a worrying impediment. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
If you're reading a novel that was written in 1964, you'll find out more about 1964 than if you're reading a nonfiction… — 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
