Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby
Nicholas Peter John "Nick" Hornbyis an English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels High Fidelity and About a Boy. Hornby's work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists. His books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide as of 2009...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 April 1957
nice stress night
Tuesday night I reorganized my record collection. I often do this at periods of emotional stress. There are some people who would find this a pretty dull way to spend an evening, but I'm not one of them. This is my life, and it's nice to be able to wade in it, immerse your arms in it, touch it.
dream sleep night
I never really recovered from the shock of discovering that women do what we do; they save their best pairs for the nights when they are going to sleep with somebody. When you live with a woman, these faded, shrunken tatty scraps suddenly appear on radiators all over the house; your lascivious schoolboy dreams of adulthood as a time when you are surrounded by exotic lingerie for ever and ever amen...those dreams crumble to dust.
fear night thinking
There isn't so much to be afraid of, out there. I can remember thinking it was funny to find that out, on the last night of my life; I'd spent the rest of it being afraid of everything.
These things that I write about, not only have I experienced them but they are unavoidable. If you're any kind of human, you are going to have relationships.
game hardly stadium watch
And we hardly need ever go to the stadium to watch every game live, because they're all on TV.
authors content english small
English authors are very content to write for a very small audience, and I think that shows.
almost beginning british certainly england job people players stood watch
Even at the beginning of the 90s people in England stood on the terraces to watch British players who would almost certainly need a job of some kind when they retired.
bad books
Books are long. Even mine. You don't want to feel bad about them as you're writing them.
explore fragment interested kinds resonance seems start themes
I start with a fragment of narrative, or a character, something that seems to have resonance for me and which allows me to explore the kinds of themes I'm interested in.
authors liked lucky people
I've been very lucky with all my adaptations - they were made by intelligent people who liked the books, and I know that not all authors feel this way.
football
I've never particularly wanted to read a football novel.
books sick time top
On top of that, I'm pretty sick of working on the books by the time they're published.
domestic novel
So the domestic novel can accommodate, should accommodate, a lot of extremity.
chicago fidelity high mind
I didn't mind High Fidelity being set in Chicago at all.