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Nick Hornby quotes about good

English Writer April 17, 1957

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(from his random observations after reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens)In the Old Curiosity Shop I discovered that in the character of Dick Swiveller, Dickens provided P.G. Wodehouse with pretty much the whole of his oeuvre. In David Copperfield, David's bosses Spenlow and Jorkins are what must be the earliest fictional representations of good cop/bad cop. Nick Hornby
I spent hours putting that cassette together. To me, making a tape is like writing a letter - there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one. . . A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You've got to kick off with a corker, to hold the attention, and then you've got to up it a notch, or cool it a notch. . . oh, there are loads of rules. (pg. 88-9) Nick Hornby
I'm a good person. In most ways. But I'm beginning to think that being a good person in most ways doesn't count for anything very much, if you're a bad person in one way. Nick Hornby
A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You've got to kick off with a killer, to grab the attention. Then you've got to take it up a notch, or cool it off a notch…oh, there are a lot of rules. Nick Hornby
Those days are gone, and good fucking riddance to them; unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money. If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "What good were real feelings anyway?"
What good were real feelings anyway? Nick Hornby
The trouble with my generation is that we all think we're fucking geniuses. Making something isn't good enough for us, and neither is selling something, or teaching something, or even just doing something; we have to be something. Nick Hornby
The trouble with my generation is that we all think we're fucking geniuses. Making something isn't good enough for us, and neither is selling something, or teaching something, or even just doing something; we have to be something. It's our inalienable right, as citizens of the twenty-first century. If Christina Aguilera or Britney or some American Idol jerk can be something, then why can't I? Where's mine, huh? Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand."
I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you..."
I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway. Nick Hornby
To me, making a tape is like writing a letter? there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "I guess I should have forgotten about it ages ago, but..."
I guess I should have forgotten about it ages ago, but forgetting isn't something I'm very good at. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then..."
We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness? Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "I can't tell you how good and bad I felt. Yes I can: I felt..."
I can't tell you how good and bad I felt. Yes I can: I felt like a baked Alaska. Nick Hornby

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