Nick Hornby Quotes

I like to be with my friends and my family, listen to music and read books. Things like that relax me.

I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV.

I do work-related stuff on airplanes. Then, when I'm in the hotel room or just vegging out, I read for pleasure.

I'm a lazy person, but if I'm not absent-mindedly doing something, I can't really relax. I can't just veg out.

Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.

I don't really watch a lot of television, and I would watch mindless, mindless television.

You know, I've never been a comic book person, just because that's not my gig and I don't have a television.

I love watching 'The Real Housewives of New York.' That's my guilty pleasure. But I don't even feel guilty. I can just watch it, zone out, and forget about my problems.

I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.

When I'm not working, I don't do lots of glamorous things.

If your job all day is disallowing insurance claims, you can still spend an evening playing games with your friends, and you can be faced with threats and puzzles that are far more exciting than anything you've ever imagined facing at work.

Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool reading 'U.S. Weekly.' I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

My time is focused on family and work. I need to find a way to spend more time with my friends - and cycling.

I haven't watched that much TV, to be honest. To be honest, I don't watch that many films anymore - partly because I don't have time; secondly, because I watch a lot of sports, and I love watching sports.

I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.

I try to only read light things when I'm working on my books, and in the evenings I watch a lot of mindless TV. I have to break up the 'dark,' or I wouldn't be a very happy person.

I'd say I watch a fair amount of TV, but I'm not a TV addict by any means.

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV anymore.

I don't watch TV. Only while I'm doing it do I see it, really. So I don't know anything. I only know old reggae artists. So that's my thing. Old reggae artists and martial arts.

I only watch TV when I go to hotels.

If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.

It's really helpful to be physically engaged in something that's completely different from my day-to-day work.

I read a lot of heavy literature when I'm on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted.