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

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.

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.

...all my life I prayed to a star – Later discovered it was Venus – I was praying to Aphrodite and wondering why she was sending me you -sad...

You never know what motivates you.

You cannot have man legislating and playing God in Parliament, and at the same time believe that Allah is the only legislator.

Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.

But steady-cams are very different than hand-helds, because hand-held gives you that verite feel.

Through silence, through meditation, and through non-judgment, you will access the first law, the Law of Pure Potentiality.

Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity, in the many ways in which such violation is possible.

I had this perfect situation where my studio was a three-minute walk away, and every day I would go to the studio. If I had an idea, I could work on it at the highest level possible.

God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it.