I Tell Myself I Write Because I

Until The Eighties, Oslo Was A Rather Boring Town, But It's Changed A Lot, And Is Now Much More Cosmopolitan. If I Go Downtown, I Visit The Harbour To See The Tall Ships And The Ferries, And To Admire The Modern Architecture Such As The Opera House Or The New Astrup Fearnley Museum On The Water's Edge.

All Interesting Heroes Have An Achilles Heel.

Everyone Has A Need To Do Penance. It's A Basic Need, Like Washing. It's About Harmony, An Absolutely Essential Inner Balance. It's The Balance We Call Morality.

Those Golden Minutes Before You Are Completely Awake, When Your Mind Is Just Drifting, You Have No Censorship; You Are Ready To Develop Any Kind Of Idea. That's When I Come Up With The Best And Worst Ideas. That Is The Privilege Of Being A Writer - That You Can Stay In Bed For An Hour In The Morning And It's Work Time.

I Feel More Related To Some American Crime Writers Than I Do To Stieg Larsson.