Shakespeare is in many ways an African writer and 'Hamlet' would be seen as a very accurate historical saga about an African kingdom.

Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people.

Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost.

It’s only when we can work with something that brings out our strengths that we’re of any real use.

When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.

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!

Each person searches for the most beautiful jump which will be the final before leaving this world.