I Think My Heart Is Quite Selfish.

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 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.

My Influence Is Probably More From American Crime Writers Than Any Europeans. And I Hardly Read Any Scandinavian Crime Before I Started Writing Myself. I Wasn't A Great Crime Reader To Begin With.

Everyone Knew That Fat Had Become The New Cancer, Yet They Bellyached About The Dieting Hysteria And Applauded The "real" Women's Body. As Though Doing No Exercise And Being Overfed Was Some Kind Of Sensible Mold.

All Interesting Heroes Have An Achilles Heel.