What we humans think we know is nothing compared to what we need to believe to numb the fear and pain.

All interesting heroes have an Achilles heel.

I've read that it's the smell some carnivores use to find their prey. Imagine the trembling victim trying to hide, but knowing that the smell of its own fear will kill it.

As a writer, you have to believe you're one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.

Doubt is faith's shadow.

You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to lure them into your universe. That's the art of storytelling.

My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I wasn't a great crime reader to begin with.

To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside

Everything you do leaves traces, doesn't it. The life you've lived is written all over you, for those who can read.

Love is a greater mystery than death.

Love surrounds you like steam in the shower. You can't see the individual drops, but you get warm. And wet. And clean.

O thou of little faith why didst thou doubt?

Stolen waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

I believe that women make some of the best leaders.

I believe the biggest advancement in DJ culture is that DJs are being vocal and are a voice to raise the consciousness of the masses towards making our planet awaken from the hypnosis of the matrix.

The poster art over the years, art with social critique in it, has always been trying to make that point - that we are larger than they are.

I knew exactly what I was doing. You can't accidentally take a whole bottle of pills.

I am very aggressive and very physical. On the field, I guess I am just plain mean.

Trusting your intuition is like learning to ride a bike. Everything takes practice before it becomes second nature.

Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes.

It takes time to be a good father. It takes effort - trying, failing, and trying again.