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Nick Hornby

I think I am naturally depressive.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

The more screenwriting you do, the more you become aware that particular scenes aren’t going to end up in the movie because they’re too expensive. That has perhaps changed the way I think about writing novels, actually, because now I write expensive scenes whenever I can.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

I kind of stumbled on the material for ‘An Education’ and thought it would make a good movie, and one of the things that came out of that, for me, was that I learned that if you write a big part for a girl or a young woman, you get the opportunity to work with the best talent in the world.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

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

Nick Hornby

I spent as much time watching telly and films when I was a kid as I did lying around reading books. I think it’s crazy that writers are only allowed to say that certain books have influenced them.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

I would like to have a go at TV. I think, especially when you have kids, that you spend a lot of time watching telly, and you think, ‘How come I’m not doing that?’

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

I think, always, with a new book, I get nervous. I think mostly it is because work is really important to me, and a book doing well is important because it buys you another one. Not because of the money but if you keep doing interesting work, work that people like, they will want you to do more, and offers that are interesting come in.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

I only read the very best music books. Donald Fagan’s memoir ‘Eminent Hipsters’ is great. Bob Dylan’s memoir ‘Chronicles’ and Patty Smith’s ‘Just Kids’ are both incredible.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

I hated teaching Shakespeare. In order for the students to understand what was going on, you had to tell them the story of ‘Macbeth’ or whatever. Shakespeare is about character and language, and they didn’t get any of that.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

If it’s not gripping you, you are reading the wrong book.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

When most people come in from work, 95 percent of them reach for the remote control. Then they read before they go to sleep, to get off to sleep. They do that because reading feels like a duty, and TV feels like fun.

– Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

It wasn’t until 1963 that you would really want to listen to any kind of English music.

– Nick Hornby

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