In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve. — John Lanchester Democracy Copy Share Image
My standard Nando's order is a chicken breast burger served 'medium,' which is still fairly spicy. — John Lanchester Burger Copy Share Image
“Bastiat (1801–1850) was a strikingly clear-minded early advocate of what came to be known as liberal economics, whose central idea is that… — John Lanchester Free trade 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
“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 knowing that you had gone wrong, and knowing how you had gone wrong, were not the same thing as knowing how… — John Lanchester Gone Copy Share Image
Video games are the first new artistic medium since television, but they are more different from television than television was from cinema;… — John Lanchester Art Copy Share Image
'Dead peasants insurance' is a term that sounds as if it comes straight out of Monty Python. If only that were true. — John Lanchester Dead Copy Share Image
As an outsider to and observer of the restaurant business, one of the things I most admire about it is the risks… — John Lanchester Business Copy Share Image
The first ATM in Hong Kong was actually at the foot of the bank. I remember my father using it. And I… — John Lanchester Bank Copy Share Image
Money is like poetry because both involve learning to communicate in a compressed language that packs a lot of meaning and consequence… — John Lanchester Language Copy Share Image
'Fine dining.' I'd love to know who coined the term and whether they meant it to be as offputting as it is.… — John Lanchester Customer Copy Share Image
In sport, the money goes to the talent; it goes directly to the worker - unlike a bank, which sits in the… — John Lanchester Bank Copy Share Image
I love London in the rare parts of the year when it's quiet, and no time is more reliably quiet than the… — John Lanchester Christmas Copy Share Image
Security is a complicated idea and one with an immense potential to trap us - that was one lesson I learnt from… — John Lanchester Complicated Copy Share Image
I don't answer the phone or do my email; I don't do anything until I've got the day's writing done. I have… — John Lanchester Day Copy Share Image
A novel usually begins, in my experience, with a thought or image that won't leave me alone. — John Lanchester Alone 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
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
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
I do believe in that thing about the reading audience being very important to the formation of the novel at its birth. — John Lanchester Audience Copy Share Image
People misunderstand what a police state is. It isn't a country where the police strut around in jackboots; it's a country where… — John Lanchester Country Copy Share Image
“Shahid was the free spirit of the Kamal family: a dreamer, an idealist, a wanderer on the face of the earth--or, as… — John Lanchester Dreamers Copy Share Image
