A Rat Is Neither Good Nor Evil.

The Only Pressure I Feel Is To Write Good Books. And To Not Replicate The Previous Book. Whether You Have A Thousand Readers Or A Million Readers It Doesn't Change The Pressure. I Never Feel Tempted To Give The Reader What I Think The Reader Wants.

Revenge Is The Thinking Man's Reflex, A Complex Blend Of Action And Consistency No Other Animal Species Has So Far Succeeded In Evolving. Evolutionary Speaking, The Practice Of Taking Revenge Has Shown Itself To The So Effective That Only The Most Vengeful Of Us Have Survived.

Evil Is Not A Thing. It Cannot Take Possession Of You. It's The Opposite; It's A Void, An Absence Of Goodness. The Only Thing You Can Be Frightened Of Here Is Yourself.

I Have Questioned Myself About The Brutality In The Last Few Novels. Actually In The Leopard, In Hindsight, I Feel I Went A Little Bit Too Far With Screaming Blood. There Are A Couple Of Scenes That I Regret And Wish I Had The Chance To Rewrite. Phantom Has Less Blood.

The Nature Of Scandinavians Is That They Don't Talk So Much, There Will Be These Dark Secrets, And Most Things Are Under-communicated.