I think I was righteous. I saw myself as the good guy in my own movie. I didn't get into many fights when I was younger, but when I did, they were righteous. I always thought I was defending something good. I fought for friends who couldn't fight for themselves. I was still being selfish and arrogant, but I was focused on what was fair and unfair.
Jo NesboYou can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to lure them into your universe. That's the art of storytelling.
Jo NesboI was sleeping in a water bed for a couple of years, recommended by my doctor. I was never comfortable in that water bed. In the middle of the night you would hear something happening - water and bubbles. I would always think there was some intelligent life in the water bed.
Jo NesboIntuition is just the sum of all your experience. The way I see it, everything youโve experienced, everything you know, you think you know and didnโt know you knew is there in your subconscious lying dormant, as it were. As a rule you donโt notice the sleeping creature, itโs just there, snoring and absorbing new things, right. But now and then it blinks, stretches and tells you, hey, Iโve seen this picture before. And tells you where in the picture things belong.
Jo NesboWhen I propose a candidate for a job I don't do it because the person in question is the best but because he is the one the client will employ. I provide them with a head that is good enough, placed on a body they want. [...] The world is full of people who pay serious money for bad pictures by good artists. And mediocre heads on tall bodies.
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