I'm not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative.

Have I ever written anything that has really changed something? What I believe is that you can't change anything without using art. I believe that the drops wear away the stone. I try to be part of that army.

I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don't regret anything about that - on the contrary!

People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.

I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century, especially in 1830 and 1848, when the mass circulated newspaper became so important for the spreading of information.

Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.

It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky like that, I wish I could write music