Nick Hornby Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MusicGreatBestMemoirJustKids

All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.

Robert Owen

ArtMeWorldOldLittleEven

When you're a comedian, and you show up on set to a job where you're not writing, and you get handed material that's as good as we do on 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' you just feel lucky every day.

Andy Samberg

GoodDayJobWritingFeelYou

One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap.

Stella Adler

ImaginationPushWayLeapAlways

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.

Mary Shelley

MyselfTreeSoulI AmSurviveSoon

Keep in mind, our demographics of our state, how it breaks down in terms of political affiliation: over half the people in this state chose not to align themselves with any party at all.

Lisa Murkowski

PeopleMindPoliticalDownParty

People don't actually want to think about their own health and don't take action until they are sick. Yet employers are very motivated to get their employees healthy, since they bear most of the burden of their health care costs.

Clayton M. Christensen

HealthPeopleActionSickThink

I grew up in a great family.

Brian McBride

FamilyGreatUpGrewGreat Family

I irritate the wife because of my private dancing.

Brian McDermott

WifeDancingBecausePrivate

The thing about doing concerts is that it's doing a live show. It's on my schedule. It's songs I want to sing. It's saying what I want to say. It's working with the people I want to work with. I don't have to worry about pleasing other people - I can do what I want, and people come along and go for the ride.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

WorkLiveRidePeopleSayingWorry

There's always a pressure on performing the best.

Armaan Malik

BestPressureAlwaysPerforming

I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.

Alice Walker

BookGiftColorFeelPurpleTrue

It sounds good to say, 'We're going to do this,' on C-SPAN, but try to do that in real life, and it's not going to work.

William M. Daley

LifeWorkGoodSayTryReal

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