Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.

Death is never very pretty.

Yes, think what a lot of nonsense one can figure out with plenty of time. Brooding is the mother of ineffectiveness.

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.

I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.

When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

Apple is a failure because they missed social? Nobody would say that, because they are having great success.

Like love, breakfast is best when made at home.

The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear.

Life lives only in success.

My views on virginity have not changed.

It should be done with the same degree of alacrity and nonchalance that you would display in authorizing a highly intelligent trained bear to remove your appendix.

To become pure is not difficult. Make the choices that will lead you to freedom and liberation - not enslavement to the wills, actions and desires of others.

The hardest thing in comedy is to have the biggest laugh at the end, and it’s the most satisfying thing.

After a play in the field Casey would turn (to the players on the bench) and say 'What did he do wrong?' or 'You're better than that guy.' Either way, he'd keep them from getting stale.

Not by force shall the children learn, but through play