John Lanchester Quotes

One of the things I have noticed about my novels is that they all concern people who can't quite bring themselves to tell the truth about their own lives... I've come to realise that this interest in damaged, untellable stories comes from my parents.

John Lanchester

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TruthParentsPeopleTellOwnBring

I grew up in Alaska, okay? My dad graduated high school and went straight to the mountains. He had $300 and staked a claim. He didn't even have enough to put a title on the land: just had the records that he bought before he moved.

John Gourley

MountainsSchoolHigh SchoolEnough

I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play.

John Hunter

GoodPeopleGood PeoplePlayMore

For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are the jobs.

Jeff Goodell

BetterGoneIndustryCoalWorse

Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might be censorship of not going as far as they might.

Amy Tan

ArtGovernmentThinkCensorshipOver

I love fighting. I don't know what it is in me, whether it's a sickness or a gene, but I just love standing in front of another fighter and going for it: they can hurt me, and I can hurt them.

Tony Bellew

LoveMeSicknessHurtFightingKnow

I am getting to work with some good musicians, artistes, and composers.

Mohit Chauhan

WorkGoodI AmMusiciansSomeAm

In documentary filmmaking, there's a tradition of telling stories about victims. We often do that from a very patronizing place, but mostly we do it from a very selfish place, to reassure ourselves that our lives are in sympathy and solidarity with the victims.

Joshua Oppenheimer

SympathySelfishTraditionPlace

I don't feel like songs should be hoarded. I don't feel like one's tainted if somebody else does it. That's the mark of artistry - take a song that's maybe even a really popular song and do it your own way. I think that's cool.

Chris Stapleton

CoolSongThinkFeelWayOwn

As far as cities go, Havana is a festering treasure chest, a primary color.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

ColorTreasureGoHavanaFarChest

Being a biochemist, I did a lot of tissue-culture research prior to working at NASA and when I first started working there.

Peggy Whitson

ResearchNASAFirstStartedWorking

You believe that you're going to be forever young.

Nuno Bettencourt

BelieveYouYoungForeverGoing

A typical twenty-page short story would work quite well as a graphic novel. A single graphic novel of maybe 120 pages would condense down into a short story quite nicely.

Richard K. Morgan

WorkStoryShortDownSingleWell

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