John Lanchester Quotes

The money doesn't really matter. I've been a multi-millionaire for a long time. My sons are rich.

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.

I think not focusing on money makes you sane because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy.

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

Knowing that my ancestry had all been quite wealthy and owned their own businesses probably left me with the ambition to replicate what they'd done.

One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'm still going to be rich.

I was always interested in having my own money - not my family's money. I don't think it had anything to do with me being Elvis's granddaughter. None of my drive was, 'I need to get away from my family legacy!'

I was never money conscious. I would never have succeeded if I thought I was going to be a millionaire.

We're thrifty. We can live off our interest, save the principal, and let the kids go off and have a hoot.

I want to have generational money.

Don't run after shows and money.

Just because I'm a lot wealthier now doesn't mean I want my kids to grow up differently to how I did.

My dad battled various financial mishaps for years before achieving success as a stunt director, but my parents ensured that my brother and I knew all about the family's struggle. We knew from where each piece of furniture came from.

My dad came from quite a poor background, so we were made to understand the value of money from an early age, and because of that, I always wanted to be self-sufficient and earn my own money.

How can I go from this poor college kid one day and the next day get a check for $7 million. How's that going to affect me?

My father insisted that each of us have a career. His family were refugees and he understood the vicissitudes of fortune.

Wealth is just consistency... I don't want to be rich. I want to be wealthy.

You have to have respect for money, but sometimes you get people who stop thinking about their career, and for them, it is just a case of saying, 'Look at me. I have a lot of money now, and I can do whatever I want.' I wouldn't do that.

Hard work pays off. But it doesn't stop now. I know I'm generational wealthy, as you can say, but still got business to handle.

Nothing's given in the Rock family.

I bought my mum a new house when the money started to come in; it's that old cliche.

There were a lot of assumptions that we were raised a certain way. Our dad was always really clear with us that he is rich and we are not: 'If you want to be rich, you should go do what I did, which is work really hard.'

My dad does a good job of reminding me where I came from.

My kids certainly aren't going to have the money. They don't need it.

I have goals, I have my purpose. I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past.