You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls.

You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

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

I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world.

I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was 'The Sign of the Four'; 'Study in Scarlet' was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read.