I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.

One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.

In Sweden, we've moved away from the notion that mothers have some magical, special bond with children.

If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.

People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.

Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.

The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.

I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.

You wearing a thigh sheath?”“Now what would be the sense of wearing just one? I have two thighs.

You've got to keep fighting-you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion

I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?

The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.

Well, what now? You have no job. I have no job. Wanna play Jenga?

The musical mystery is: How do you marry tuned percussion and voice? On a metaphorical level, everything that's really important - like the clouds, the sky and the earth - is a giant mystery.

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming.