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John Lanchester

John Lanchester

British Journalist

Born: Feb 25, 1962

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A novel usually begins, in my experience, with a thought or image that won't leave me alone. John Lanchester

Alone Me Experience Thought Leave Leave Me Alone Begins Novel Image

The deconstructed, postmodern pizza has been with us for ages, and the fact is that pretty much every ingredient in the world has been used as a pizza topping and liked by somebody, somewhere. John Lanchester

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I don't answer the phone or do my email; I don't do anything until I've got the day's writing done. I have a word count for every day: 500 for fiction, 1,000 for non-fiction, and journalism is 1,500. That's a level I can sustain. John Lanchester

Day Every Day Writing Phone Word Every Email Count Journalism Until Non-Fiction Answer Got Done Sustain Fiction Anything Level

I have a horror of going down dead ends, which you can easily do with a novel, spending months on it and then realising that it's all wrong. It's demoralising, because you don't get the time back. John Lanchester

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Now that I'm an adult and have a big say in what we eat on Christmas Day, turkey doesn't even make it on to the starting grid for consideration. It isn't just my least favourite meat; it's my least favourite protein. John Lanchester

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