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> [When I first travelled to New York in 1982 on a summer holiday as a student, I remember thinking how exciting it was, how energising it felt, and also how it felt dangerous - it was a place where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/when-i-first-travelled-to-new-york-in-1982-on-a-summer-holiday-as-a/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

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## More by John Lanchester

> [In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/in-a-democracy-people-tend-to-get-the-kind-of-government-they-deserve/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [My standard Nando's order is a chicken breast burger served 'medium,' which is still fairly spicy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/my-standard-nando-s-order-is-a-chicken-breast-burger-served-medium/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [“Bastiat (1801–1850) was a strikingly clear-minded early advocate of what came to be known as liberal economics, whose central idea is that the state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/bastiat-1801-1850-was-a-strikingly-clear-minded-early-advocate-of/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [“What was going on here was something Smitty had seen before: a young person’s first real farewell to the world of school and college,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/what-was-going-on-here-was-something-smitty-had-seen-before-a-young/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [“It seemed too as if many of the people were on display, behaving as if they expected to be looked at, as if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/it-seemed-too-as-if-many-of-the-people-were-on-display-behaving-as-if/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [But knowing that you had gone wrong, and knowing how you had gone wrong, were not the same thing as knowing how to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/but-knowing-that-you-had-gone-wrong-and-knowing-how-you-had-gone/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [Video games are the first new artistic medium since television, but they are more different from television than television was from cinema; they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/video-games-are-the-first-new-artistic-medium-since-television-but/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> ['Dead peasants insurance' is a term that sounds as if it comes straight out of Monty Python. If only that were true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/dead-peasants-insurance-is-a-term-that-sounds-as-if-it-comes-straight/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [As an outsider to and observer of the restaurant business, one of the things I most admire about it is the risks people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/as-an-outsider-to-and-observer-of-the-restaurant-business-one-of-the/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [The first ATM in Hong Kong was actually at the foot of the bank. I remember my father using it. And I find it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/the-first-atm-in-hong-kong-was-actually-at-the-foot-of-the-bank-i/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [Some things get clearer as you look back on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/some-things-get-clearer-as-you-look-back-on-them/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [Money is like poetry because both involve learning to communicate in a compressed language that packs a lot of meaning and consequence into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/money-is-like-poetry-because-both-involve-learning-to-communicate-in/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> ['Fine dining.' I'd love to know who coined the term and whether they meant it to be as offputting as it is. The words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/fine-dining-i-d-love-to-know-who-coined-the-term-and-whether-they/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [In sport, the money goes to the talent; it goes directly to the worker - unlike a bank, which sits in the middle of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/in-sport-the-money-goes-to-the-talent-it-goes-directly-to-the-worker/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

> [I love London in the rare parts of the year when it's quiet, and no time is more reliably quiet than the week between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/i-love-london-in-the-rare-parts-of-the-year-when-it-s-quiet-and-no/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

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