I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.

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.

It’s quite simple. Death isn’t what we think it is. It isn’t life which ends but time which stops.

It is enough to know, too much to see

We are very cautious in judging [Donald Trump], especially as he wasn't in a political position before.

Love leads us into mystery where no one can say what comes next, or how, or why.

Fascination is a key to productivity; it unites experiences; it is even its own reward.

Everyday is a beautiful day, Everything is pleasing

Judging by the the movie's enduring popularity, the message that stupidity is redemption is clearly what a lot of Americans want to hear.

A lot of people were saying that I was a selfish person and a selfish player. You know, it got to me.

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

Be thorough in all you do; and remember that although ignorance often may be innocent, pretension is always despicable.