Born Quote by John Lanchester

In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

— John Lanchester

My standard Nando's order is a chicken breast burger served 'medium,' which is still fairly spicy.

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— John Lanchester

'Dead peasants insurance' is a term that sounds as if it comes straight out of Monty Python. If only that were true.

— 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…

— 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…

— John Lanchester

Some things get clearer as you look back on them.

— 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…

— John Lanchester