Nick Hornby Quotes

Most Famous Nick Hornby Quotes of All Time!

We have created a collection of some of the best nick-hornby quotes so you can read and share anytime with your friends and family. Share our Top 10 Nick Hornby Quotes on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

If you can get every kid to have found a book that he or she loves, then you've done a great job.

Jeremy Corbyn has proved popular with young voters in part because he has promised an end to austerity.

Popular Quotes Topics for You.

When someone says they've read your book 15 times, you think, 'Well, you should read something else.'

I have boys, and boys are particularly resistant to reading books. I had some success recently with Sherman Alexie's great young adult novel 'The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian.' I told my son it was highly inappropriate for...

I used to be a teacher, and I know how difficult it is to strike a balance between focused conversation and an atmosphere which prevents creativity and thought.

Lots of times when I'm offered things, I can't see how a story gets filmed. Either it's too internal or it doesn't have a strong spine.

'An Education' was a complicated piece of work because it came from a tiny essay, so it took me a while to find the story I wanted to tell and the characters I wanted to tell it about. That really...

With 'Brooklyn,' I knew the story I wanted to tell, and I just had a very strong sense that if I turned the volume up a little bit, it could be something really special.

Sometimes when people are attached to a project, they need persuading to stay attached, and then, in retrospect, they're not the right person.

When you're adapting a novel, there are always scenes taken out of the book, and no matter which scenes they are, it's always someone's favorite. As a screenwriter, you realize, 'Well, it doesn't work if you include everyone's favorite scenes.'

I only want to write books and movies about women.

Why are we scared of a '50s weepie? Why are we scared of a movie that pulls you in and punches you in the stomach?

We don't feel duty-bound to get all the way through a TV program. If we're not enjoying it, we turn over. Movies, we tend to give more of the benefit of the doubt because they're only 90 minutes or two...

Once you create this thing between duty and reading, it's over. Reading's over.

The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to have any fun reading.

If you're reading a novel that was written in 1964, you'll find out more about 1964 than if you're reading a nonfiction book written in 1964 because you're hearing how language was actually used and hearing what people's actual concerns...

I think the moment you're writing about somebody who's not exactly you, then the challenge is all equal.

My computer is littered with abandoned projects.

In a way, novel writing is such a permanently student lifestyle. When it comes to movies, and you have to go to these meetings and try and impress people and get money out of them, I feel as though I'm...

I think it's weird when you become rich at 40.

Guys, we are trying to share Unique Nick Hornby Quotes, so you will not get to read the same things again and again on our website. You can also share your favorites on Facebook or send them to a friend who loves to reading quotes.