Nick Hornby Want Quotations

We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness?

The non-fiction bestseller lists frequently prove that we all want to know more about everything, even if we didn't know that we wanted to know - we're just waiting for the right person to come along and tell us about it.

I hate time. It never does what you want it to.

I don't believe in Heaven or anything. But I want to be the kind of person that qualifies for entry anyway.

It's music rage, which is like road rage, only more righteous. When you get road rage, a tiny part of you knows you're being a jerk, but when you get music rage, you're carrying out the will of God, and God wants these people dead

When your sad--like really sad--you only want to be with other people who are sad.

The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.

I really don't want to be boring, and so many books are so boring!

I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much money on books, many of which I will never read. I know that already. I certainly intend to read all of them, more or less. My intentions are good. Anyway, it's my money. And I'll bet you do it too.

And mostly all I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don't like them as much as I do.

Telling me I can do anything I want is like pulling the plug out of the bath and then telling the water it can go anywhere it wants. Try it, and see what happens.