English - Writer | April 17, 1957 -
All the Oscars stuff for 'An Education' was incredibly exciting, especially because it was such an underdog project - no one would give us the money for it, and we all nearly gave up because it wasn't getting anywhere, then suddenly a breakthrough and this really lovely film, which then took on a life of its own.
Nick Hornby
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Football really felt like a private thing when I was in my teens because it wasn't on television, for a start, apart from 'Match of the Day.'
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If adults are not enjoying something they're doing in their leisure time, they should stop doing it.
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It seems to me quite often that the journeys of young women are more moving because they are hemmed in more, and dramatically it's more interesting to think about and write about people whose lives are circumscribed in some way.
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I write slowly. I can't move on until I've got a paragraph right.
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I wasted the 1980s. I wasted every minute at Cambridge talking to people who knew more about music than I did.
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I've never met anyone who is seriously bad.
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At a crude estimate, I must have played 'Thunder Road' 1,500 times.
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I couldn't imagine a list of 10 records that didn't contain a punk record - that didn't contain a Clash record.
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I used to go and see the Clash a fair bit. I did think they were dead cool, and very handsome.
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I'd say I got into Marvin Gaye properly in college.
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I can't stand it when writers moan about what film-makers might do or have done to their books. There's a very simple answer: don't take the money.
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