As I Say, We Norwegians Love Our

A Rat Is Neither Good Nor Evil. It Does What A Rat Has To Do.

I'm Just An Entertainer. In A Way Crime Stories Are Boring. A Crime's Been Committed And At The End You Know It Will Be Solved. So You've Got To Make The Story Interesting Besides It Just Being A Plot. And That's Why Character Matters, Why You've Got To Make The Characters Interesting.

I 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.

I Have Questioned Myself About The Brutality In The Last Few Novels. Actually In The Leopard, In Hindsight, I Feel I Went A Little Bit Too Far With Screaming Blood. There Are A Couple Of Scenes That I Regret And Wish I Had The Chance To Rewrite. Phantom Has Less Blood.

Losing Your Life Is Not The Worst Thing That Can Happen. The Worst Thing Is To Lose Your Reason For Living.