Nick Hornby Quotes

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.

Nick Hornby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MoneySimpleStandDoneAnswerTake

I decided to try radio as a source of livelihood because I like to eat regularly.

Jim Backus

TryEatRadioSourceBecauseLike

Researchers can measure what kind of angles your legs take up during the day when they're just trailing around behind you in weightless conditions, and what kind of impacts you feel during your exercise. They're going to compare that with what we do on the ground.

John L. Phillips

DayFeelExerciseYouMeasureKind

Some wonderful things have taken 10 years to make.

Robert Stigwood

YearsWonderfulThingsSomeTaken

I was called to start a mission, not a church. There is a difference.

Robert H. Schuller

StartChurchMissionDifference

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

Simone de Beauvoir

RelationshipArtJobHusbandHim

Not to be too preachy, but I would really recommend to people, if you get the chance, to trust yourselves to leap without a net, because that will build the confidence. You know, you might shock yourself with how much you don't need a net because you can catch yourself.

Ross Mathews

ConfidenceTrustYourselfPeopleYou

I was supposed to be working on 'The Weekenders,' but I was blocked. I got this crazy idea that I would make Christmas stockings out of blankets.

Mary Kay Andrews

CrazyChristmasOutWorkingBlocked

I have known George W. Bush slightly since we were both in high school, and I studied him closely as governor. He is neither mean nor stupid. What we have here is a man shaped by three intertwining strands of Texas culture, combined with huge blinkers of class. The three Texas themes are religiosity, anti-intellectualism, and machismo.

Molly Ivins

CultureManSchoolStupidTexas

I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate Hollywood, but a lot of what gets called independent these days is totally produced within that system. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

ThinkWrongHollywoodNothingMean

From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, there's going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.

Chris DeWolfe

PositiveFunPeopleChallengesBad

Many of you may remember that I supported Mike Huckabee for president in 2008. He was doing great, beating out Mitt Romney, when some shenanigans were pulled by bringing in Fred Thompson as a candidate to compete against Mike for the evangelical and conservative votes in South Carolina.

Chuck Norris

GreatDoingRememberYouPresident

I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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