It's no wonder we're all such a mess, is it? We're like Tom Hanks in Big. Little boys and girls trapped in adult bodies and forced to get on with it.

- Nick Hornby

People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them …

- Nick Hornby

All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each…

- Nick Hornby

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You…

- Nick Hornby

Everyone knows how to talk, and no one knows what to say.

- Nick Hornby

What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do …

- Nick Hornby

Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive.

- Nick Hornby

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

- Nick Hornby

I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign.

- Nick Hornby