Nick Hornby

Oh, it was a complicated business, loving art. It involved a lot more ill will than one might have suspected. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#art

Funny + sad is what I'm pitching for, every time. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#funny

It's not a case of the glass being half full or half empty; more that we tipped a whole half-pint into an empty pint pot. I had to see how much was there, though, and now I know. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#life #moving-on #trying #life

Will hated Christmas, for the obvious reason: people knocked on his door, singing the song he hated more than any song in the world and expected him to give them money. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#humor

A while back, when Dick and Barry and I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like, Barry proposed the idea of a questionnaire for prospective partners. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#interests #relationships #dating

Kids must spend half their lives throwing things at the ducks in Regent's Park. How come he managed to pick a duck that pathetic? ↗

— Nick Hornby

#humor #life #life

One thing about great art: it made you love people more, forgive them their petty transgressions. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#art

But the internet had changed everything: nobody was forgotten anymore. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#change

Experience, then, was something that enabled you to do nothing with a clear conscience. Experience was an overrated quality. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#literature #literature-quotes #nick-hornby #novel #experience

Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#lovers #imagination