“It's not the fault of ghosts that we are so frightened of them.” — John Lanchester Fault Copy Share Image
“of seatbelts as an opportunity to take up drunk-driving.” — John Lanchester Driving Copy Share Image
The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac. — John Lanchester Megalomaniac Copy Share Image
“He looked as if he he subsisted exclusively on carbohydrates and ill feeling.” — John Lanchester Carbohydrates Copy Share Image
'Whoops!' was a spin-off from 'Capital.' I had the research and wanted to place it somewhere. — John Lanchester Capital Copy Share Image
My mother was very proud of being Irish and being a Gunnigan in a straightforward way. — John Lanchester Being Copy Share Image
My mum had this amazing ability to deflect things, and from an early age, I knew what I was not supposed to… — John Lanchester Ability Copy Share Image
Is it OK to admit to being slightly obsessed with the TV programme 'Great British Menu?' — John Lanchester Admit Copy Share Image
Most people find they have to worry about money; if you don't ever, then in some fundamental way, you are cut off… — John Lanchester Find Copy Share Image
“The artist says to the cosmos: All I ask is infinite love-is that so very wrong? And the cosmos doesn't even bother… — John Lanchester Art Copy Share Image
The financial system in its current condition poses an existential threat to Western democracy far exceeding any terrorist threat. — John Lanchester Conditions Copy Share Image
If we are going to remake society in the image of the fight against terrorism and put that secret fight at the… — John Lanchester Fight Copy Share Image
Money isn't automatically freedom. You need to look carefully at what you're doing to earn the money before you can conclude that… — John Lanchester Free Copy Share Image
'The Big Short' is, among other things, a blistering, detailed indictment of the way Wall Street does business, and its particular villains… — John Lanchester Business Copy Share Image
The Internet makes writing about restaurants easier and more interesting in quite a few ways, one of the main ones being to… — John Lanchester Being Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate in having journalism as a sideline to pay the bills, and I essentially do it in order to take as… — John Lanchester Books Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, one populated by vegetarians and Esperanto speakers, derivatives would be used for one thing only: reducing levels of… — John Lanchester Betting Copy Share Image
One of the main reasons that the landscape of financial stuff in America is different is that gambling is illegal there. So… — John Lanchester America Copy Share Image
I write non-fiction quicker, and I write it on a computer. Fiction I write longhand, and that helps make it clear that… — John Lanchester Brain Copy Share Image
“In all memory there is a degree of fallenness; we are all exiles from our own pasts, just as, on looking up… — John Lanchester Books Copy Share Image
It can be a way of knowledge, a path, an inspiration, a Tao, an ordering, a memory, a fantasy, a seduction, a… — John Lanchester Breaths Copy Share Image
Somebody told me ... that he overheard a banker's wife saying her husband was working for free this year-this was 2009. What… — John Lanchester Bankers Copy Share Image
It has been a masterful fight-back by the big banks. We the paying public can't do anything much except admit defeat and… — John Lanchester Accurate Copy Share Image
“On the opposite wall was a Damien Hirst spot painting, bought by Arabella after a decent bonus season. Roger's considered view of… — John Lanchester Art Copy Share Image
“He had a simple maxim for all competitive or adversarial situations: work out what the other party least wants you to do,… — John Lanchester Adversaries Copy Share Image
“All the Kamals were fluent in irritation. They loved each other but were almost always annoyed by each other, in ways that… — John Lanchester Annoyed Copy Share Image
“The economic metaphor came to be applied to every aspect of modern life, especially the areas where it simply didn't belong. In… — John Lanchester Economics Copy Share Image
“We fight for autonomy over so many areas of our lives - for decency and democracy and freedom, for suffrage, for the… — John Lanchester Autonomy Copy Share Image
“It seemed too as if many of the people were on display, behaving as if they expected to be looked at, as… — John Lanchester Costumes Copy Share Image
“But the thing which had made him fall for her, fall properly, was the way she seemed so calm and so quiet… — John Lanchester Calmness Copy Share Image
“What was going on here was something Smitty had seen before: a young person’s first real farewell to the world of school… — John Lanchester Whole world Copy Share Image
“The idea of luxury, even the word "luxury," was important to Arabella. Luxury meant something that was by definition overpriced, but was… — John Lanchester Expensiveness Copy Share Image
“That was the main thing wrong with Mrs. Kamal. She spent such an extraordinary amount of mental energy feeling irritated that it… — John Lanchester Anger Copy Share Image
“Humans make their own history, but not under circumstances of their choosing.” — John Lanchester Choices Copy Share Image
