Evil Is Not A Thing. It Cannot

Ever Since The '70s, Maj Sjowall And Per Wahloo Were The Godfathers Of Scandinavian Crime. They Broke The Crime Novel In Scandinavia From The Kiosks And Into The Serious Bookstores.

I Tell Myself I Write Because I Want To Say Something True And Original About The Nature Of Evil. That Is Very Ambitious - To Say Something About The Human Condition That Hasn't Been Written Before. Probably I Will Never Succeed But That Is What I Strive To Do.

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 Don't Think I'll Ever Feel As Famous Or As Popular As I Felt When I Was A 17-year-old Soccer Player In Modle. Only About 20,000 People Live There And 12,000 Of Them Come To Every Game. Running Onto The Pitch Each Week Was Just The Most Fantastic Feeling. Nothing Can Beat That.

In Most Sports, Your Brain And Your Body Will Cooperate... But In Rock Climbing, It Is The Other Way Around. Your Brain Doesn't See The Point In Climbing Upwards. Your Brain Will Tell You To Keep As Low As Possible, To Cling To The Wall And Not Get Any Higher. You Have To Have Your Brain Persuading Your Body To Do The Right Movements.