Sweden Quotes

The idea of doing theatre always terrified me because I get terrible stage fright. In the early 1970s I was offered a panto but the thought of going on stage was just too mortifying.
The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.
The worst thing in the world is to be tired.
There are so many young women who throw their talent away.
Think of your pension and start saving. Like my father, I have been a spendthrift, and I regret that.
Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty words for the literary world, but that has changed. Once the book is finished, I want as many people as possible to read it.
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.
In Sweden, we've moved away from the notion that mothers have some magical, special bond with children.
Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson's home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.
One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.
People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English.
Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
'Superbad' and 'Remember the Titans' - two movies I can watch over and over again. I watch 'Superbad' whenever I need to laugh.
As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where it's packed every night, there's nothing like it.
As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.
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Al Lopez
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