Nick Hornby Quotes

I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.

I really emotionally invest in everything that I do.

You can love me, you can hate me, but just don't be indifferent. Care about it enough to watch.

I don't like speaking on things that I don't care about and that I'm not personally invested in.

You want to love unconditionally everything you do, or don't do it.

What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.

The fans have what they want. They want entertainment, they want passion and they want commitment.

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.

You need to feel that the game is important to you. Lose that feeling and you lose your edge. There's no faking that kind of emotion. You can't invent the feeling. It's got to be natural, real.

I'm a very hands-on person; I don't just want to give my name to something and not be a big part of it.

I get very involved in my roles. I want people to think it's all really happening. If I'm in it, I'm in it.

If your heart's not into what you're selling, you're not going to make it.

I'm just someone who cannot fake it. I can only do something with my full heart invested or just not do it at all.

Be true to your heart... put your whole heart and soul into it, and then whatever you do, it will shine through.

I actually prefer teammates that have emotions. It means you care, compared to a guy that's kind of just nonchalant and goes about it like it doesn't matter. So I want guys that care. I want guys that show they care.

I don't ever want to work on something unless I feel really passionate about it and know I can give everything to it; otherwise it's not truthful and I hate that.

I despise lackadaisical behavior when it comes to our music. I mean, this is heavy metal music. You must be involved. You're required to be involved.

So I view acting as a thoroughly involved performance with the maximum of sincerity and devotion.

I really invest a lot... physically and emotionally on my work.

What I do, I want to do with all my being.

You've got to love people, places, ideas; you've got to live with mind, body, soul; you've got to be committed; there is no life on the side-lines.

Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.

Anything that I've put my name to and my face to and put my time into, is something that I'm clearly passionate about, or I wouldn't be there.

I can elect something I love and absorb myself in it.