I Have Questioned Myself About The Brutality

Christian Ethics Demand That You Should Not Take Revenge. The Paradox Is, Naturally, That Christians Worship A God Who Is The Greatest Avenger Of Them All. Defy Him And You Burn In Eternal Hell, An Act Of Revenge Which Is Completely Out Of Proportion To The Crime

When I Was A Teenager, My Father Went Bust. He Could Have Declared Himself Bankrupt, But He Was An Honourable Man And He Insisted On Paying Back All His Debts. That Almost Ruined The Family. I Was Aware That My Mother And Father Couldn't Control Things Anymore. I Guess I Was Afraid That We Would End Up On The Street.

A Horse Perceives Eye Contact As Provocative, As If It And Its Status In The Herd Are Not Being Respected. If It Cannot Avoid Eye Contact, It Will React In A Different Way, By Rebelling For Example. In Dressage You Don't Get Anywhere By Not Showing Respect, However Superior Your Species Might Be. Any Animal Trainer Can Tell You That. In The Mountains In Argentina There's A Wild Horse Which Will Jump Off The Nearest Precipice If Any Human Tries To Ride It.

Many Scandinavian Writers Who Had Made Their Name In Literary Fiction Felt They Wanted To Have A Go At The Crime Novel To Show They Could Compete With The Best. If Salman Rushdie Had Been Norwegian, He Would Definitely Have Written At Least One Thriller.

My Father Grew Up In Brooklyn, N.y., With My Grandparents. In Norwegian My Name Is Pronounced 'yoo' But My Father Used To Call Me 'joe.'