In my view, a review should be like talking to a friend who's just asked you, 'What was it like?' You're giving… — John Lanchester Experience Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' movies - I went to all three of them on the… — John Lanchester Day Copy Share Image
France and Britain have large culinary differences, but one thing they do share is a relatively low tolerance for modernist cooking. — John Lanchester Cooking Copy Share Image
“It's always the next pay raise, the next purchase, the next place you move to or go on holiday which will make… — John Lanchester Save the world 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
Fires and floods, we're hardwired to accept them or at least file them under Bad Things Happening. But there's something so abstract… — John Lanchester Abstract Copy Share Image
“I myself have always disliked being called a "genius." It is fascinating to notice how quick people have been to intuit this… — John Lanchester Intelligence 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
“He looked as if he he subsisted exclusively on carbohydrates and ill feeling.” — John Lanchester Carbohydrates Copy Share Image
When I first travelled to New York in 1982 on a summer holiday as a student, I remember thinking how exciting it… — John Lanchester Dangerous 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
Richness, the ideas of having plenty of money, is not ... an absolute state. Richness is about the amount of money you… — John Lanchester Absolutes Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in rootedness - mainly, I suppose, because I had very little experience of it. — John Lanchester Always Copy Share Image
In the U.S., it is a crime to lie to a federal agent, and it's often this that sends people to jail… — John Lanchester Jail 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
The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac. — John Lanchester Personality Copy Share Image
Photography brought a lot to painting because it forced artists to think about what painting could do that photography couldn't. — John Lanchester Art Copy Share Image
“In his experience with women, it was difficult to recover once things began to go wrong--once they had unreasonably decided that you… — John Lanchester Dating 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
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
The 'stuff' in novels touches on every aspect of the world and people's lives. That's what makes it so remarkable just how… — John Lanchester Books Copy Share Image
By the time I was three years old, I'd lived at 10 different addresses in six different countries. — John Lanchester Different countries 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
I think smartphones are one of humanity's most remarkable creations: computers are amazing enough, but a supercomputer you can carry in your… — John Lanchester Amazing Copy Share Image
“Although he too was heading to work, Shahid was glad he wasn't dragging himself off to some office job. Shahid's view: anybody… — John Lanchester Careers Copy Share Image
