“I like the slow Scandinavian pace. I don't need cliffhangers in every ...” — Hakan Nesser Quote

“I like the slow Scandinavian pace. I don't need cliffhangers in every chapter because I don't want to make a Hollywood movie out of it.”

“Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.”

“If you want to start reading Swedish crime fiction, you have to start with Sjowall and Wahloo.”

“If you watch 'Fast and Furious 6,' you do see that it's a culmination of something and I think it's the end of a chapter.”

“The secret at the heart of 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' is something everybody, except for some of the characters, knows in Chapter 1. Some of the narrative tension comes from that distance between what the readers know and what the characters know.”

“Japan has opened a new chapter in its history.”