“I call myself an agnostic. I'm open to change. I'm the same sort of pe...” — Ruth Rendell Quote

“I call myself an agnostic. I'm open to change. I'm the same sort of person, although much less aggressive, as Richard Dawkins.”

“I don't feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories.”

“My mother was a Swede who grew up in Denmark. When I go there, I visit the street where she grew up and look at her house, which is still there, and the snowberry bush, from which she ate some berries and had to have her stomach pumped.”

“I used to be terribly aggressive in my twenties.”

“I want to be perceived - or maybe I perceive myself - as this really easygoing, honest person that's just giving. Realistically, I have those qualities, but I'm very aggressive. I can be very harsh. It comes off almost mean, you know?”

“When I think about my new CD, the word 'joy' comes to mind. I sincerely hope that each listener will feel the earth, spirit, and aggressive creativity emanating from this album.”