Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I feel more related to some American crime writers than I do to Stieg Larsson. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
As a writer, you have to believe you're one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I don't have any writing routine. Sometimes I go to my local coffee shop and I write there for some hours. Apart… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
All my friends who wanted to write had got nowhere trying to write the great European novel. So I deliberately steered clear… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
For me, the best places to write are on planes, trains and at airports. Not hotel rooms but hotel lobbies. I'm really… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
What we humans think we know is nothing compared to what we need to believe to numb the fear and pain. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one of the… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
The nature of Scandinavians is that they don't talk so much, there will be these dark secrets, and most things are under-communicated. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
I think I was righteous. I saw myself as the good guy in my own movie. I didn't get into many fights when I… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
When I propose a candidate for a job I don't do it because the person in question is the best but because he is… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
“And the rest of the story?" he asked, trying to force a smile. "Is that like everything else in POT, on a need-to-know basis?"… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
“Ceri loves Sci-Fi - " Game of Thrones " also - Harry Hole , Lisbeeth Salander, Funky Scando Fiction, Supports Swans, Nirvana,” — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
I was a really bad taxi driver. I only collided twice but it was one time too much. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
As I say, we Norwegians love our woolens, and you can buy some beautiful knitwear in Oslo. They might cost you a bit -… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
Everyone has a need to do penance. It's a basic need, like washing. It's about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It's the balance… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
You get spoiled as a novelist because you get to be the director and the editor, and you play all the parts, but as… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share
