If a believer demands that I, as a nonbeliever, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect, but for my submission.

The only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended.

What is one man's hate speech is another man's poetry.

I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But] it's a fact of globalization, and we must consider it.

The other day, a friend of a friend said that everyone started out as girls, but boys evolved… But don’t worry girls, I hit him.

Eve and the apple was the first great step in experimental science.

Sometimes I just hit the keyboard in a way I'd like the rhythm of the tracks to sound.

I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.

A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

I know I'm a champion. I know I've got it in me, they can't stop me.

The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous.

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.

Our God was my shield. His protecting care is an additional cause for gratitude.