Good Police Officers Are Ugly.

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.

Good Police Officers Are Ugly.

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.

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.

Ever Since I Was In My Teens I Had Plans At One Point In My Life To Write A Novel.