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

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.

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

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

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

The best way to prepare for death is to live life to its fullest.

A people without children would face a hopeless future

The hardest part of any yoga practice is rolling out your mat.

My theory is that in the age of the internet, it's what you write, not where you write it, that matters.

While medicine creates material for writing, perhaps even more important is that it also creates a psychological and emotional need to write.

I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow.

Men seldom act from a correct sense of what may be harmful or useful to them.

There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with the dread of possible contingencies will never be at rest.

Don’t you have a girlfriend or family you’d rather be with? (Geary) Only Solin, and honestly, he’s not this soft. Even if he was, it’d be gross. (Arik)

One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.