--- title: "31 Reading Quotes By Nick Hornby" description: "31 Reading quotes by Nick Hornby. Plus more from Nick Hornby and more Reading sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/nick-hornby-325_begets_reading-begets-reading-1557243_1557243.png" --- > [Reading begets reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/reading-begets-reading/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/nick-hornby-325_begets_reading-begets-reading-1557243_1557243.png) > [I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-would-like-my-personal-reading-map-to-resemble-a-map-of-the-british/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/nick-hornby-325_british_i-would-like-my-personal-reading-map-to_1563622.png) > [“I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-read-the-fuck-out-of-every-book-i-can-get-my-hands-on/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/nick-hornby-325_book_i-read-the-fuck-out-of-every-book-i-can_575564.png) > [“The annoying thing about reading is that you can never get the job done.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/the-annoying-thing-about-reading-is-that-you-can-never-get-the-job-2/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/nick-hornby-325_annoying_the-annoying-thing-about-reading-is-that_2237541.png) > [Once you create this thing between duty and reading, it's over. Reading's over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/once-you-create-this-thing-between-duty-and-reading-it-s-over-reading/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/nick-hornby-325_between_once-you-create-this-thing-between-duty_1012364.png) > [“Read anything, as long as you can't wait to pick it up again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/read-anything-as-long-as-you-can-t-wait-to-pick-it-up-again/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/nick-hornby-325_books_read-anything-as-long-as-you-can-t-wait_1838779.png) > [If it's not gripping you, you are reading the wrong book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/if-it-s-not-gripping-you-you-are-reading-the-wrong-book/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/nick-hornby-325_book_if-it-s-not-gripping-you-you-are-reading_500409.png) > [“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/every-time-people-force-themselves-to-carry-on-with-a-book-they-re/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/nick-hornby-325_book_every-time-people-force-themselves-to-ca_643273.png) > [When you're unhappy, I guess everything in the world - reading, eating, sleeping - has something buried somewhere inside it that just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/when-you-re-unhappy-i-guess-everything-in-the-world-reading-eating/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/nick-hornby-325_buried_when-you-re-unhappy-i-guess-everything-i_889994.png) > [The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/the-whole-point-of-reading-is-that-the-writer-is-speaking-to-you-and/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/nick-hornby-325_books_the-whole-point-of-reading-is-that-the-w_2154921.png) > [Surely we all occasionally buy books because of a daydream we're having - a little fantasy about the people we might turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/surely-we-all-occasionally-buy-books-because-of-a-daydream-we-re/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/nick-hornby-325_aspiration_surely-we-all-occasionally-buy-books-bec_2078310.png) > [When most people come in from work, 95 percent of them reach for the remote control. Then they read before they go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/when-most-people-come-in-from-work-95-percent-of-them-reach-for-the/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/nick-hornby-325_control_when-most-people-come-in-from-work-95-pe_328412.jpg) > [“I work it out. It is the act of reading itself I miss, the opportunity to retreat further and further from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-work-it-out-it-is-the-act-of-reading-itself-i-miss-the-opportunity/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/nick-hornby-325_family_i-work-it-out-it-is-the-act-of-reading-i_2102577.png) > [Hey, great idea: if you have kids, give your partner reading vouchers next Christmas. Each voucher entitles the bearer to two hours'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/hey-great-idea-if-you-have-kids-give-your-partner-reading-vouchers/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/nick-hornby-325_appreciate_hey-great-idea-if-you-have-kids-give-you_3130224.jpg) > [“You may think that you don't want to read about the problems of being brought up Mennonite, but the great thing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/you-may-think-that-you-don-t-want-to-read-about-the-problems-of-being/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/nick-hornby-325_books_you-may-think-that-you-don-t-want-to-rea_1618671.jpg) > [I spent as much time watching telly and films when I was a kid as I did lying around reading books. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-spent-as-much-time-watching-telly-and-films-when-i-was-a-kid-as-i/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/nick-hornby-325_books_i-spent-as-much-time-watching-telly-and_2374965.png) > [Why does reading freak people out so much? Sure, I could be pretty anti-social when we were on the road, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/why-does-reading-freak-people-out-so-much-sure-i-could-be-pretty-anti/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/nick-hornby-325_after-hours_why-does-reading-freak-people-out-so-muc_916928.png) > [All I know is that you can get very little from a book that is making you weep with the effort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/all-i-know-is-that-you-can-get-very-little-from-a-book-that-is-making/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/nick-hornby-325_bigs_all-i-know-is-that-you-can-get-very-litt_2775658.jpg) > [“I don't mind nothing happening in a book, but nothing happening in a phony way--characters saying things people never say, doing jobs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-don-t-mind-nothing-happening-in-a-book-but-nothing-happening-in-a/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/nick-hornby-325_books_i-don-t-mind-nothing-happening-in-a-book_1462528.png) > [So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading -- about the way that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/so-this-is-supposed-to-be-about-the-how-and-when-and-why-and-what-of/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/nick-hornby-325_book_so-this-is-supposed-to-be-about-the-how_2333460.png) > [“I'm never going to complain about receiving free early copies of books, because clearly there's nothing to complain about, but it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-m-never-going-to-complain-about-receiving-free-early-copies-of/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/nick-hornby-325_book-critic_i-m-never-going-to-complain-about-receiv_1054253.jpg) > [“The annoying thing about reading is that you can never get the job done. The other day I was in a bookstore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/the-annoying-thing-about-reading-is-that-you-can-never-get-the-job/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/nick-hornby-325_books_the-annoying-thing-about-reading-is-that_840612.jpg) > [“So this is supposed to be the how, and when, and why, and what or reading - about the way that, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/so-this-is-supposed-to-be-the-how-and-when-and-why-and-what-or/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/nick-hornby-325_book_so-this-is-supposed-to-be-the-how-and-wh_1312149.jpg) > [“Dave and Serge...played the Fiddler's Elbow as if it were Giants Stadium, and even though it was acoustic, they just about blew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/dave-and-serge-played-the-fiddler-s-elbow-as-if-it-were-giants/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/nick-hornby-325_every-night_dave-and-serge-played-the-fiddler-s-elbo_1642439.png) > [No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there’s always something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/no-time-spent-with-a-book-is-ever-entirely-wasted-even-if-the/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/nick-hornby-325_book_no-time-spent-with-a-book-is-ever-entire_726111.png) > [“I don’t have the heart to tell my sons that the older one gets, the less funny literature becomes—and they would refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-don-t-have-the-heart-to-tell-my-sons-that-the-older-one-gets-the/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/nick-hornby-325_books_i-don-t-have-the-heart-to-tell-my-sons-t_1299133.jpg) > [Every time we pick up a book from a sense of duty and we find that we're struggling to get through it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/every-time-we-pick-up-a-book-from-a-sense-of-duty-and-we-find-that-we/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/nick-hornby-325_book_every-time-we-pick-up-a-book-from-a-sens_3011079.png) > [Several months later, and I have finally read one of the three (books), even though I wanted to read all three of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/several-months-later-and-i-have-finally-read-one-of-the-three-books/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/nick-hornby-325_appetite_several-months-later-and-i-have-finally_2844022.png) > [It is the act of reading itself that I miss, the opportunity to retreat further and further from the world until I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/it-is-the-act-of-reading-itself-that-i-miss-the-opportunity-to/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/nick-hornby-325_air_it-is-the-act-of-reading-itself-that-i-m_1222107.png) > [Clockers" asks--almost in passing, and there's a lot more to it than this--a pretty interesting question: if you choose to work for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/clockers-asks-almost-in-passing-and-there-s-a-lot-more-to-it-than/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/nick-hornby-325_deals_clockers-asks-almost-in-passing-and-ther_2868202.png) > [Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/being-a-reader-is-sort-of-like-being-president-except-reading/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/nick-hornby-325_agendas_being-a-reader-is-sort-of-like-being-pre_1839680.jpg) ## Other authors on Reading - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-jaachynma-n-e-agu-2971.jpg) Jaachynma N.E. 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What's happened?" Nothing's happened. I've had a bad week in my head, is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-ve-had-a-bad-week-what-s-happened-nothing-s-happened-i-ve-had-a-bad/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [“When they – I cannot bring myself to use the first-person plural in this instance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/when-they-i-cannot-bring-myself-to-use-the-first-person-plural-in/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [“What you don't ever catch a glimpse of on your wedding day - because how could you? - is that some days you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/what-you-don-t-ever-catch-a-glimpse-of-on-your-wedding-day-because/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/a-good-compilation-tape-like-breaking-up-is-hard-to-do-and-takes-ages/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-m-still-not-a-very-good-white-wine-but-i-m-drinkable-you-could-put/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [I never mind the accusations of domesticity, as long as people recognise that all of us, even the luckiest, will live lives in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-never-mind-the-accusations-of-domesticity-as-long-as-people/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [I wasted the 1980s. I wasted every minute at Cambridge talking to people who knew more about music than I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-wasted-the-1980s-i-wasted-every-minute-at-cambridge-talking-to/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [“I took her outside on to a little roof terrace that looked like it never got the sun at nay time of the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-took-her-outside-on-to-a-little-roof-terrace-that-looked-like-it/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [“I feel as though I have been having conversations like this all my life. None of us is young anymore, but what has just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-feel-as-though-i-have-been-having-conversations-like-this-all-my/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [“I'm OK. Really. I can find people. I'll be all right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-m-ok-really-i-can-find-people-i-ll-be-all-right/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/read-any-women-s-magazine-and-you-ll-see-the-same-complaint-over-and/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [“Defansçılar her zaman forvetçilerden daha iyi analizcilerdir.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/defans-lar-her-zaman-forvet-ilerden-daha-iyi-analizcilerdir/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [On New Year's Eve he ould make a resolution to recover some his previous scepticism, but until then he would do as the Romans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/on-new-year-s-eve-he-ould-make-a-resolution-to-recover-some-his/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) > [It's no good looking to writers for definitions of what constitutes proper writing, because you will drive yourself crazy, and you won't find anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/it-s-no-good-looking-to-writers-for-definitions-of-what-constitutes/) [Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reading/nick-hornby/#itemlist", "name": "31 Reading Quotes By Nick Hornby", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reading begets reading.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Hornby" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/reading-begets-reading/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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They were standing on chairs adn lying on the floor, they were funny, they charmed everyone in the pub apart from an old drunk ditting next to the drum kit...who put his fingers firmly in his ears during Serge's extended harmonica solo. It was utterly bizarre and very moving: most musicians wouldn't have bothered turning up, let alone almost killing themselves. And I was reminded...how rarely one feels included in a live show. Usually you watch, and listen, and drift off, and the band plays well or doesn't and it doesn't matter much either way. It can actually be a very lonely experience. But I felt a part of the music, and a part of the people I'd gone with, and, to cut this short before the encores, I didn't want to read for about a fortnight afterward. I wanted to write, but I didn't want to read no book. I was too itchy, too energized, and if young people feel like that every night of the week, then, yes, literature 's dead as a dodo. 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