As I Say, We Norwegians Love Our

All My Friends Who Wanted To Write Had Got Nowhere Trying To Write The Great European Novel. So I Deliberately Steered Clear Of That And Set Out To Write Something Story-led.

Not Even The Brightest Future Can Make Up For The Fact That No Roads Lead Back To What Came Before - To The Innocence Of Childhood Or The First Time We Fell In Love.

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.

Thanks To The Success Of Henning Mankell And Peter Hoeg, There Wasn't The Same Stigma Attached To Writing Genre Thrillers In Scandinavia As There Was In Many Other Cultures. Quite The Opposite, In Fact.

Just Imagine Walking Away From Something You've Started. Something You Really Believed Would Be Good. I Don't Think I Could Ever Do That.