All Nick Hornby Quotes
- Most people get suicide, I guess; most people, even if it's hidden deep down inside somewhere, can remember a time in their lives when they… Alive
- Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Shorn of the game's aesthetic pleasures, or the comfort of a crowd that feels the… Aesthetic
- Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth. All
- [H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright during the final minutes of… Campaign
- One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable future, someone will be able to refer to me without using… Able
- Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination. Imagination
- I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway. Drinkable
- I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much too seriously, and… Accused
- Life isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch. Been
- Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow. Boring
- I have learned things from the game. Much of my knowledge of locations in Britain and Europe comes not from school, but from away games… Aspiration
- It is a strange paradox that while the grief of football fans(and it is real grief) is private - we each have an individual relationship… Anyone
- You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done and… Forever
- I couldn’t bear to think about the proper future, so I just tried to make things better for the next twenty minutes or so, over… Bear
- I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are… Anyone
- Where's the superficial? I was, and therefore am, dim, gloomy, a drag, unfashionable, unfanciable, and awkward. This doesn't seem like superficial to me. These aren't… Awkward
- Sometimes we have to be judged by our one-offs. Inspirational
- I have a really low boredom threshold. Boredom
- I never mind the accusations of domesticity, as long as people recognise that all of us, even the luckiest, will live lives in which we… Accusation
- But I suspect that all writers come up with premises of some kind, fragments of narrative or scenarios, in the course of a working week. All
- The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score. Bitter
- 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 do,… Disapproved
- The trouble with history is that there are too many people involved History
- The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone Anyone
- I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the grounds… Adult