Quotes from David Lagercrantz

Cu to?ii suntem egali în fa?a legii – dac? pl?tim egal.

Oamenii vor s? fie accepta?i, s? fie competen?i ?i ajung s? fac? prostii inimaginabile din cauza asta.

De ce sunt oare to?i nebunii ?i criminalii atât de religio?i în ziua de azi?

Este ca într-o adunare de oameni. Nu conteaz? dac? noi ?tim c? totul este sub control ?i c? nu s-a întâmplat nimic grav. Dac? oamenii încep s? alerge panica?i, îi urm?m ?i noi.

He went into the kitchen where he made himself two sandwiches with cheddar and prosciutto and a bowl of yoghurt and muesli.

Cu ce te ajut? s? stai ?i s? strigi "idio?ilor, pro?tilor, ne u niciun pericol", când to?i ceilal?i fug s?-?i salveze via?a?

something that is called an agreement is not necessarily always that. On the contrary, one party might advance their self-interest under the guise of a common decision, and in the long run it often becomes clear that someone is suffering, despite assurances to the contrary.

He had stopped off at Mellqvist's coffee bar and so he drank two double espressos standing up. Not just to get rid of his tiredness. He thought a jolt of caffeine might help with his headache

Violence can command respect. Violence can silence and intimidate, and ward off risks and threats. But violence can also cause chaos and a whole chain of unwanted consequences.

Do you know what my rabbi says? That the mark of a man is his contradictions. We can long to be away and at home, both at the same time.

We all have things we cannot deal with," he said. In the end you just look away and pretend they're not happening." - Johannes Forsell

Sometimes the best ideas occur to you while your mind is occupied with something completely different. Pieces of the puzzle can suddenly fall into place.

There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book.

Of course I want to be a best seller because I'm in the business and I want to be read, but there is no money in the world that can compensate for writing badly.

We had all these famous writers in Sweden and from all over the world home at dinner. I wanted to be a writer, and I wanted to be a highbrow writer as my father. He never, ever read anything like crime novels. He wrote biographies of Dante, James Joyce, August Strindberg and Joseph Conrad.

I'm not a secretive guy. I'm talkative.

I have the deepest respect for Eva Gabrielsson and all she has gone through, but I also know that I make maybe her sad, and I am sad about that, but I make so many other people happy.

The real demon in my life is my father.

I'm ashamed to say that I'm from a very privileged background.

I wrote about Alan Turing, the great mathematician and code-breaker. He was an absolutely different person, certainly more brilliant than I ever will be.

Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together.

I want to be read, and I certainly want to sell, but I also see my father's eye from Heaven: 'Always write quality. It doesn't matter if you sell; if it's good, it's good - if you capture the complexity of life.'

All I wanted to do was to follow my passion and tell a good story.

The capacity of computers is doubling every eight months. It's exponential development. I think it's a real threat, actually, that a computer one day will be more intelligent than us.