I got halfway through 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' I don't get it at all. What's the big thrill? It's boring.

Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.

My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.

I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.