“From his dealings with his mother, Smitty had learned the following truth: the person doing the worrying experiences it as a form… — John Lanchester Fear 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
Chefs get sucked into the trap of 'fine dining' because some guides make it central to their ratings system and because some… — John Lanchester Energy 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
I grew up abroad, and when I first passed through London in the 1970s, it seemed a drab and provincial place. — John Lanchester 1970s Copy Share Image
“London created the Underground, and the Underground created London.” — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
Obviously you can stash money under your mattress, cut down on hazelnut lattes, but in terms of the larger economic frame of… — John Lanchester Frame Copy Share Image
There is a moral underpinning to economics. And the kinds of questions that it asks and the kinds of solutions it proposes… — John Lanchester Belong Copy Share Image
The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance — John Lanchester Performances Copy Share Image
“Roger was not personally ambitious; he mainly wanted life not to make too many demands on him.” — John Lanchester Ambition Copy Share Image
“A solicitor had looked up at the sky, swept blue by the wind, and had a sudden sense of religious consolation, a… — John Lanchester Consciousness Copy Share Image
“It’s that great British middle-class battle cry: “Something must be done!” — John Lanchester Battle cry 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 Freedom Copy Share Image
I love short stories, but I've never had the impulse to write one. Same for ghost stories. — John Lanchester Ghost stories Copy Share Image
“Petunia only ever went to the doctor reluctantly, and her motive in doing so was always the same: she did it in… — John Lanchester Anxiety Copy Share Image
I grew up mainly in the Far East, where my father worked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, which was then… — John Lanchester Bank Copy Share Image
It would be too glib, not a hundred per cent true, to say that my father's career as a banker was what… — John Lanchester Career 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 Families Copy Share Image
I remember, the first few years here, I didn't like London much: too big, too crowded, the physical difficulty of getting around. — John Lanchester Around Copy Share Image
If European monetary policy is run according to German interests, huge structural imbalances will accumulate. The Germans will then either have to… — John Lanchester Either Copy Share Image
Nobody in the developing world is going to take, as an answer to their aspirations, the developed world's reply: 'Sorry, you can't;… — John Lanchester Communication Copy Share Image
Our societies have achieved a general level of prosperity of which most of all the human beings who have ever lived could… — John Lanchester Enough Copy Share Image
I rather envy writers who do variations on a theme. I like reading those books, but in practice, I can't do it. — John Lanchester Book Copy Share Image
