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
anyone hundred million sort takes time ways
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.
way force bubbles
You had to live in your own bubble. You couldn't force your way into someone else's, because then it wouldn't be a bubble any more.
wind way faces
...I feel as though I made a face and the wind changed, and now I have to go through life grimacing in this horrible way.
thinking way good-person
I'm a good person. In most ways. But I'm beginning to think that being a good person in most ways doesn't count for anything very much, if you're a bad person in one way.
long-way-down know-how knows
Everyone knows how to talk, and no one knows what to say.
hopeful way sentimental
Sentimental music has this great way of taking you back somewhere at the same time that it takes you forward, so you feel nostagic and hopeful all at the same time.
football
I've never particularly wanted to read a football novel.
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.
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.
books sick time top
On top of that, I'm pretty sick of working on the books by the time they're published.
bad books
Books are long. Even mine. You don't want to feel bad about them as you're writing them.