[...my genius, if i can call it that, is to combine a whole load of averageness into one compact frame. i'd say that there were millions like me, but there aren't, really: lots of blokes have impeccable taste of music but don't read, lots of blokes read but are really fat, lots of blokes are sympathetic to feminism but have stupid beards, lots of blokes have a woody allen sense of humour but look like woody allen. lots of blokes drink too much, lots of blokes behave stupidly when they drive cars, lots oft blokes get into fights, or show off about money, or take drugs. i don't do any of these things, really; if i do ok with women it's not because of the virtues i have, but because oft the shadows i don't have...] - Nick Hornby -
