Quotes About Nick Hornby

I think that every book that's in a bookstore should entertain in some way.

When even the scrupulously detached BBC is exhorting us to talk to God, you know something is going on.

I'm very confident that Nick Hornby always gets it right as a writer. He has the vernacular and passion. He is adroit and dry, and balances humor with the humanity of life.

Not for the first time in my life, and certainly not for the last, a self-righteous gloom had edged out all semblance of logic.

The writing in those HBO dramas, like 'The Wire,' is as good as anything I've seen.

Writing is about confidence and wondering what the point of anything is.

I always thought 'Of Mice and Men' was such a perfect book because there's nothing not to understand, but it's still really clever and moving and complicated, but everybody understands the complication.

The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper.

What harm has he ever done to you?' 'You know what harm he's done me. He offended me with his terrible taste.

Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination.

Is it possible to want to divorce a man simply because he doesn't want to be rude about Ginger Spice? I rather fear it might be.

Even Tucker's way of not living could be described as living, if you had a crush on him.)

When even the scrupulously detached BBC is exhorting us to talk to God, you know something is going on.