I write about families. That is who we are.

I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

If I just concentrate I can walk into memory's store and find the right shelf with the right film and disappear into it.

A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room.

You decide for yourself when it will hurt.

In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because you are alone. I know a little about this.

But that's life. That's what you learn from; when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards and not forget and never grow bitter.

I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.

A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.

But that's life. That's what you learn from when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards and not forget and never grow bitter.

He who walks with the Saviour, the light of the world, shall never walk in darkness.

When you're creating new roles out of scratch in my opinion working with the actors is a great asset. You can learn a lot from that.

Even if lives did hang in the balance, it would depend on whose they were.

If you find a perfect church don't join it: You'd spoil it.

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

Many a crown Covers bald foreheads.

Being passionate is not what makes you a girl, it's what makes you a human.

I think it's OK that everyone's not real heavy and wordy and heady.

Mystery is the essential element of every work of art.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.