Nick Hornby - The easiest thing to write was 'Fever Pitch'...

The easiest thing to write was 'Fever Pitch' because it was a memoir.

Biography

Author Profession: Writer

Nationality: English

Born: April 17, 1957

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Because, Easiest, Easiest Thing, Fever, Memoir, Pitch, Thing, Write

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I think that every book that's in a bookstore should entertain in some way.

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I used to be a teacher, and I know how difficult it is to strike a balance between focused conversation and an atmosphere which prevents creativity and thought.

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Sometimes when people are attached to a project, they need persuading to stay attached, and then, in retrospect, they're not the right person.

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The Oscars are like a political campaign. You have to have the right candidates, and the people in Hollywood know what they are.

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We need a romantic illusion to embark on relationships in the first place. After that, they survive or fail for other, more practical reasons.

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If adults are not enjoying something they're doing in their leisure time, they should stop doing it.

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I write slowly. I can't move on until I've got a paragraph right.

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At a crude estimate, I must have played 'Thunder Road' 1,500 times.

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I used to go and see the Clash a fair bit. I did think they were dead cool, and very handsome.

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Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways.

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Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness.

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

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