I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don't regret anything about that… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Each person searches for the most beautiful jump which will be the final before leaving this world. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it's myself… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
When I was a very young author, I knew I needed to build myself a tower outside of Europe. Like when you're… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
In Africa, listening is a guiding principle. It's a principle that's been lost in the constant chatter of the Western world, where… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I am a very radical person - as radical now as I was when I was younger. So my books all have… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
The fundamental driving force for me is to create a change in the world we live in... It is about exploitation, plundering… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Some people give theirselves a certain number of white weeks once in a year, when they do not drink a single drop… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“If a policeman is serious about his profession but says he has time, he lies.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“There is a silence in empty houses that is unique... People have left and taken all the noise with them.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If we do… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it's myself at eight.… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“The experience he'd gained during his years in the police force had given him this unambiguous answer: there are no murderers. Only ordinary people… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings. — Henning Mankell Copy Share
He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life. — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“This is what Sweden is - quiet people leaning over the newspapers and coffee cups, each one with his own thoughts and destiny.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“Working with keys is always meaningful. Locking and opening is, in a sense, man's very purpose on this earth.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“La plupart des voyages dont on rêve n'ont jamais lieu. Ou alors on les accomplit intérieurement. L'avantage, quand on emprunte ces vols intérieurs, c'est… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost. — Henning Mankell Copy Share
What annoys a person who suicides? The life itself. Boredom. Tiredness that descends on every morning when you look at yourself at the mirror. — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“Your memories will be a flock of birds, silently flying in the sky. You will see them flying in and see them flying away.… — Henning Mankell Copy Share
“In the biological world children are the sole purpose. Nothing else matters.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share
