Writer Quotes by Nick Hornby

Reading begets reading.

— Nick Hornby

“The annoying thing about reading is that you can never get the job done.”

— Nick Hornby

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

— Nick Hornby

Writing is about confidence and wondering what the point of anything is.

— Nick Hornby

The easiest thing to write was 'Fever Pitch' because it was a memoir.

— Nick Hornby

I write slowly. I can't move on until I've got a paragraph right.

— Nick Hornby

“Read anything, as long as you can't wait to pick it up again.”

— Nick Hornby

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

— Nick Hornby

Typically, booksellers like to put things into neat little categories.

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

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“But with each passing year, and each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether…

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I think the moment you're writing about somebody who's not exactly you, then the challenge is all equal.

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With 'Brooklyn,' I knew the story I wanted to tell, and I just had a very strong sense that if I turned…

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I do not wish to produce prose that draws attention to itself, rather than the world it describes.

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“These things are going to eat away at me... I rewrite the script in my head until it's 100-proof poison, and none…

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The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to…

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

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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…

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“Zaid's finest moment, however, comes in his second paragraph, when he says that "the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of…

— Nick Hornby

“A couple of months ago, I became depressed by the realization that I'd forgotten pretty much everything I've ever read. I have,…

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“I'm equally sure, however, that I won't walk into a lamp-post while reading {literature}, like I did with {a legal thriller} all…

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

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

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“I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers…

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“I work it out. It is the act of reading itself I miss, the opportunity to retreat further and further from the…

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“(from his random observations after reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens) In the Old Curiosity Shop I discovered that in the character…

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“Please stop patronizing those who are reading a book - The Da Vinci Code, maybe- because they are enjoying it. For a…

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

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

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“Reading the book now means that one can, if one wants, play Fantasy Literature--match writers off against each other and see who…

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“Anyone and everyone taking a writing class knows that the secret of good writing is to cut it back, pare it down,…

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

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“I'm never going to complain about receiving free early copies of books, because clearly there's nothing to complain about, but it does…

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

— Nick Hornby

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

— Nick Hornby

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

— Nick Hornby

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

— Nick Hornby

It takes me two to three years to write a novel. A screenplay is 100 pages and takes five years.

— Nick Hornby

“Needless to say, drink, drugs, food, and sex played no part in the festivities. But who needs any of that when you've…

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

— Nick Hornby