We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings.

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!

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

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

My mother did what many men do. She left.

We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings.