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
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But then, that was the trouble with relationships generally. They had their own temperature and there was no thermostat.
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The process you have to go through to get a book published is quite difficult, because books are judged by essentially serious-minded people.
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I still maintain that music is the best way of getting the self-expression job done.
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I write the books I want to write, and readers will either respond or not respond.
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I think English literature has gotten really bogged down over the last few years.
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I think a lot of unpublished writers feel the same way. They're not getting anywhere, and nobody's listening to them. You do get frustrated.
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.
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And we hardly need ever go to the stadium to watch every game live, because they're all on TV.
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Books are long. Even mine. You don't want to feel bad about them as you're writing them.
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English authors are very content to write for a very small audience, and I think that shows.
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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.
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There's a hundred million different ways of writing, and it takes you a long time to sort through that stuff. And I think it takes anyone a long time to find a voice.
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It's more that, as my writing career goes on, I simply want to extend the range of people I'm writing about.
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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.