Let all your thinks be thanks.
Because you're a crime writer you're asked to have a point of view on a lot of things, and I'm uncomfortable having public opinions on things that are not my professional area.
It is so much hard work writing your first novel. You're not even sure that it is possible to do.
I don't think there is anything wrong with learning from people who are better than you.
I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad literature. I was not allowed to read Nancy Drew or books like that. I often say to him that me becoming a crime author is both a way of pleasing him and annoying him.
The northern part of Sweden is considered more isolated, not so sociable, not so educated, more unemployment, very working-class, and people drink more than rest of Sweden; that's the kind of area I'm from.
The feeling of being an underdog, not belonging, is very much me. You harbour a little feeling of resentment towards the 'upper dog'.
You always like to learn from people as a young actor. I think every young actor says that, but its true.
I always felt blessed that I was able to make a living in a profession [acting] that not a lot of people can make a living at, and I was able to do something I liked, rather than be in a job that I hated.
Everywhere men have unlocked the prisoners within, and from under the disguising skins the apes have leapt joyfully out.
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.