“I'm an omniviorous reader, but I don't read what could overlap with my...” — John Lanchester Quote

“I'm an omniviorous reader, but I don't read what could overlap with my own work. It's like tuning a radio frequency - it's much harder to pick up if there's something else there.”

“I grew up mainly in the Far East, where my father worked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, which was then a small, well-run colonial institution and not the global colossus it is today.”

“I grew up abroad, and when I first passed through London in the 1970s, it seemed a drab and provincial place.”

“For most of us, fanfiction is a non-issue. Even for midlist writers. We will never be popular enough for people to play in our worlds with any frequency. The problem for us is getting people to read and care about our books that much in the first place.”

“There is the most wonderful thing called Polaris: it's a very high frequency laser treatment that lifts and tightens the skin.”

“I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency.”