It takes me two to three years to write a novel. A screenplay is 100 pages and takes five years. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Writing is about confidence and wondering what the point of anything is. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I do not wish to produce prose that draws attention to itself, rather than the world it describes. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The writing in those HBO dramas, like 'The Wire,' is as good as anything I've seen. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
To me, making a tape is like writing a letter – there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The most important thing for me is realism. I don't like writing which does somersaults on the page, and I'm no great… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
If you're 22 and got everything you want, what are you going to write about for the rest of your life? — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“You may think that you don't want to read about the problems of being brought up Mennonite, but the great thing about… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It's no good looking to writers for definitions of what constitutes proper writing, because you will drive yourself crazy, and you won't… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
But I suspect that all writers come up with premises of some kind, fragments of narrative or scenarios, in the course of… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I think the moment you're writing about somebody who's not exactly you, then the challenge is all equal. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I can't imagine writing a screenplay where I didn't feel deeply connected at some kind of visceral level to the material. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you… — 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
I didn't really want to write about music very much in 'High Fidelity.' I wanted to write about the relationship stuff, and… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The best bit of novel writing is being allowed to write exactly what you want at the speed that you want, and… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
He would read up on parenting, if he thought it would help, but his errors always seemed too basic for the manuals.… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
In a way, novel writing is such a permanently student lifestyle. When it comes to movies, and you have to go to… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much money on books, many of which I will… — 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
“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
“I don't mind nothing happening in a book, but nothing happening in a phony way--characters saying things people never say, doing jobs… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Dialogue in the works of autobiography is quite naturally viewed with some suspicion. How on earth can the writer remember verbatim conversations… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
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
“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
“But sometimes, very occasionally, songs and books and films and pictures express who you are perfectly. And they don’t do this in… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I like writing about popular culture. It helps to place people. I think you can be really, really accurate if you know… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I can't stand it when writers moan about what film-makers might do or have done to their books. There's a very simple… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Do you ever do that thing where you lie in bed and you can't sleep so you end up writing out recent… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It's like when you get sick of your own cooking: I occasionally wish I could write something that didn't come out sounding… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Whether I am writing about a man or woman makes no difference in terms of difficulty. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I have the same interests as women. Well, apart from football and music, obviously. I've always had as many female friends as… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much… — 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
