All interesting heroes have an Achilles heel.

I've read that it's the smell some carnivores use to find their prey. Imagine the trembling victim trying to hide, but knowing that the smell of its own fear will kill it.

As a writer, you have to believe you're one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.

Doubt is faith's shadow.

You 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.

My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I wasn't a great crime reader to begin with.

To have the chance of being loved we have to take a chance on being destroyed inside

Everything you do leaves traces, doesn't it. The life you've lived is written all over you, for those who can read.

Love is a greater mystery than death.

Love surrounds you like steam in the shower. You can't see the individual drops, but you get warm. And wet. And clean.

As I say, we Norwegians love our woolens, and you can buy some beautiful knitwear in Oslo. They might cost you a bit - but they will last.

I believe people ought to mate for life...like pigeons or Catholics.

She wished such words unsaid with all her heart

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time.

The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.

I have been getting offers from international artistes for collaboration all across the globe, but I prefer to work with Indian artistes.

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.

How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

Hating someone is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Invest your energy into something more worthwhile.

Sing a song of seasons; something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall.