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
We need a romantic illusion to embark on relationships in the first place. After that, they survive or fail for other, more… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
You can't really ask for anything more than to be working for your entire life - and to be doing something that… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
There's music every day. I don't think I could write without it. Not that I listen while I'm writing. It's more hearing… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The more screenwriting you do, the more you become aware that particular scenes aren't going to end up in the movie because… — 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
Your failure to enjoy a highly rated novel doesn't mean you're dim - you may find that Graham Greene is more to… — 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
