Nick Hornby Quotes

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.'

Nick Hornby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 17, 1957

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I was on 'SmackDown' TV when I was 24. I was released when I was 27 and came back at 29.

Jinder Mahal

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I knew every one of my father's lines in 'Glory' - I broke the VHS tape - but I hid my love of acting to make it as my own man.

John David Washington

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We drove for 10 hours on rocky trails out into the central part of Mongolia in a Russian utility vehicle with no shock absorbers. Then we arrived at a remote area where we stayed in a yurt and waited to meet a horse wrangler who was scheduled to bring our rides.

John Fusco

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What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

Anita Brookner

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I loved practical jokes. I loved being goofy on the playground, and I loved doing silly cartoons, but I was not this subversive little delinquent. I am an Eagle Scout, after all.

Steve Breen

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An elite is someone who's for themselves and not for the country.

Steve Bannon

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I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it, it turned out good and a lot of people liked it.

Robert Downey, Jr.

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Banning sports is a ludicrous proposition.

Mary Pilon

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The magic's back, folks.

Jordan Knight

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I've worked on all sorts of things, like the sci-fi stuff for Vin Diesel, where the script is numbered and is in unphotocopy-able colours and your name is stamped into every page. And it doesn't really help because it creates a false sense of specialness about the thing.

Colm Feore

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Supplements have always been a really big part of my training regimen.

Chuck Liddell

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Somewhere along the line, the actions of this government are the actions of me.

Sean Penn

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