No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.

Salander was afraid of no-one and nothing. She realized that she lacked the necessary imagination - and that was evidence enough that there was something wrong with her brain.

Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.

Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a smile. She wondered why she, who had such difficulty talking about herself with people of flesh and blood, could blithely reveal her most intimate secrets to a bunch of completely unknown freaks on the Internet.

You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn't much time left.

Keep in mind that I'm crazy, won't you?