John Lanchester Quotes

The early-'80s recession was good for good restaurants, not least because it put bad ones out of business.

John Lanchester

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GoodBusinessBadOutBecauseLeast

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

Jessica Savitch

CarFarAssignmentMostTank

I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be competition.

Anna Eshoo

CompetitionFreePersonCalifornia

When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically did, you know, I was on every single occasion swimming through streams, all of that, that wasn't captured. That was filmed on 35 millimeter, and for certain of those shots, it was rotoscoped and painted over.

Andy Serkis

MountainSwimmingYouKnowOverUp

It is not always a treat to grow up as the heir to a world-famous leader.

Michael Beschloss

LeaderTreatGrowGrow UpAlwaysUp

At 17, I traveled to Mexico in a lemon yellow Mustang and saved money by bunking down in cheap, cockroach-infested flophouses. In my early 20s, I went on to thumb rides through Europe, readily sleeping in train stations, my backpack as a pillow. Once I even hunkered down for a night on a sidewalk grate - for warmth - in Paris.

Michael Dirda

MoneyYellowNightEarlyDownTrain

Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't expect, but I don't know that the music police would be that surprised, because most of the stuff that I am influenced by is in evidence in the music.

John Sebastian

MusicPoliceI AmHairWishYou

All of my plays are deeply autobiographical. But it's not straight autobiography.

Stephen Karam

AutobiographyStraightDeeplyPlays

I like the thought of gaining revenge over WBC light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, who beat me in 2013.

Tony Bellew

MeChampionRevengeThoughtOver

I like to drink to suit my location.

Tom Jones

DrinkLocationSuitLike

The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises.

Mikheil Saakashvili

YouCreateMoreInsecureProne

Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.

Michael Palin

LoveEnjoyActingMoreAskBecause

I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a choral section where all the weird fairies, who are played by kids in the production, sing. It's a crazy opening melody and chord sequence - really amazing.

Dev Hynes

AmazingCrazyListeningNightWeird

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