Now that I'm an adult and have a big say in what we eat on Christmas Day, turkey doesn't even make it… — John Lanchester Big Copy Share Image
“You could not spend your entire span of life in thrall to the code of stuff. There was no code of stuff.… — John Lanchester Belongings Copy Share Image
Inequality in the developed world fell for most of the 20th century; we can make it fall for most of the 21st… — John Lanchester Inequality Copy Share Image
Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it's a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people… — John Lanchester Business Copy Share Image
Rising inequality is not a law of nature - it's not even a law of economics. It is a consequence of political… — John Lanchester Economics Copy Share Image
“As Confucius says, under some circumstances murder can be forgiven; but unreasonableness never is.” — John Lanchester Murder Copy Share Image
I have sane friends, solvent friends, foodie friends, and friends who can take time off in the week, but I don't know… — John Lanchester Boxes Copy Share Image
The economics of setting up a new restaurant are scary in good times and terrifying in bad ones. — John Lanchester Bad Copy Share Image
“In Shahid's view, the best way through difficult times, as through life in general, was just to go along with things. It… — John Lanchester Difficult time Copy Share Image
One of the things I have noticed about my novels is that they all concern people who can't quite bring themselves to… — John Lanchester Books Copy Share Image
It doesn't thrill me to bits that the state has to use the tools of electronic surveillance to keep us safe, but… — John Lanchester Common good Copy Share Image
For a while, I had a rule of no smartphone in bed, but now I've upgraded to no smartphone in the bedroom.… — John Lanchester Bed Copy Share Image
The deconstructed, postmodern pizza has been with us for ages, and the fact is that pretty much every ingredient in the world… — John Lanchester Pizza Copy Share Image
I don't think quantitative easing is deliberately misleading, but I do think it's suspiciously bland and reassuring. It doesn't sound like anything… — John Lanchester Anything Copy Share Image
In the world where people with money overlap with restaurants and try to work out how to make more money, one of… — John Lanchester Desire Copy Share Image
People would rather earn 60 grand in an area where their neighbours earn 40, than earn 80 in an area where their… — John Lanchester Areas Copy Share Image
Dad was a very, very principled man, and he hated any kind of story where the baddies get away with it. — John Lanchester Dad Copy Share Image
Tapas is one of the world's most civilised drinking and eating traditions. — John Lanchester Drinking Copy Share Image
We should all know our family's story, all the more so if nobody tells it to us directly and we have to… — John Lanchester Family Copy Share Image
We can all instinctively understand the idea of life insurance; most of us will feel an instinctive repugnance at the thought of… — John Lanchester Ideas Copy Share Image
I'm an omniviorous reader, but I don't read what could overlap with my own work. It's like tuning a radio frequency -… — John Lanchester Books Copy Share Image
Celebrity farmer. Now there's a phrase that should be an oxymoron. There are farmers on both sides of my family, and I… — John Lanchester Celebrity Copy Share Image
“The white policeman was a man who gave an impression of heaviness. It wasn't that he was fat, but he sagged as… — John Lanchester Burdens Copy Share Image
We wouldn't care so much what people thought of us if we knew how seldom they did. — John Lanchester Care 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
