"Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they could compete with the best. If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he would definitely have written at least one thriller."

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Source : "Jo Nesbø: 'If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he'd have written a thriller'". Interview with John Crace, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2012.

Jo Nesbo

#Names Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Crime Quotes

“It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?”
“Rest and peace should not be left until you're deceased. They are two vital life incredients everybody needs and seeks.”
“I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh.”
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is montegue? tis nor hand nor foot nor any other part belonging to a man What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, So Romeo would were he not Romeo called retain such dear perfection to which he owes without that title, Romeo, Doth thy name! And for that name which is no part of thee, take all thyself.”
“Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.”
“The better alternative to fighting a guy, go have sex with his girlfriend. That's how you knock a dude out!”
“Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.”
“President Obama insists hes a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.”

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