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> [I'm the kind of writer who thinks style is just as important as the story being told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/i-m-the-kind-of-writer-who-thinks-style-is-just-as-important-as-the/)

[Hallgrimur Helgason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallgr-mur-helgason/)

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## More by Hallgrímur Helgason

> [“— It's Hlynur Bjorn Hafsteinsson, Bergporugotu, 8b, Reykjavik, Iceland. — Is there no postal code? — Oh yes. It's hundred and one Reykjavik. I'm the one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/it-s-hlynur-bjorn-hafsteinsson-bergporugotu-8b-reykjavik-iceland-is/)

[Hallgrímur Helgason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallgr-mur-helgason/)

> [... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when you open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/i-stare-into-the-fridge-like-a-mirrored-image-of-myself-cold-and/)

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> [Everything is very expensive in Iceland, so I got some things done in India in the two months I was here. I visited the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/everything-is-very-expensive-in-iceland-so-i-got-some-things-done-in/)

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> [In Iceland, book lives matter in every sense of that phrase: The shelf-life of the book, the lives in the book, the life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/in-iceland-book-lives-matter-in-every-sense-of-that-phrase-the-shelf/)

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> [“No, it's not gun-holder, it's Gunhilda.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/no-it-s-not-gun-holder-it-s-gunhilda/)

[Hallgrímur Helgason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallgr-mur-helgason/)

> [Thanks to the Jolabokaflod, books still matter in Iceland; they get read and talked about. Excitement fills the air. Every reading is crowded; every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/thanks-to-the-jolabokaflod-books-still-matter-in-iceland-they-get/)

[Hallgrimur Helgason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallgr-mur-helgason/)

> [Like many writers, I'm usually more interested in reading about authors than their actual works. We're more curious to know how they were written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/like-many-writers-i-m-usually-more-interested-in-reading-about/)

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> [I'm trying to write about serious issues, about Iceland's journey into modernity, about the soul of Iceland - on how people react when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/i-m-trying-to-write-about-serious-issues-about-iceland-s-journey-into/)

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> [Most early Icelandic paintings are landscapes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/most-early-icelandic-paintings-are-landscapes/)

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> [We have to save ourselves from ourselves. We have to minimize the effect our own politicians can have on our society. We have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/we-have-to-save-ourselves-from-ourselves-we-have-to-minimize-the/)

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> [My three years in Manhattan were sort of my university years. I was learning by myself, and it was a tough time. That's when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/my-three-years-in-manhattan-were-sort-of-my-university-years-i-was/)

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> [Nabokov can be almost too delicate at times, but in 'Lolita,' he puts his aristocratic sensitivity to use in such a dark tale that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/nabokov-can-be-almost-too-delicate-at-times-but-in-lolita-he-puts-his/)

[Hallgrimur Helgason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallgr-mur-helgason/)

> [You can't write my types of books without hurting someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/you-can-t-write-my-types-of-books-without-hurting-someone/)

[Hallgrimur Helgason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hallgr-mur-helgason/)

> [“War kills everybody, including the ones who live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/war-kills-everybody-including-the-ones-who-live/)

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> [For us Icelanders, the Sagas are like the Bible, only much better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hallgr-mur-helgason/for-us-icelanders-the-sagas-are-like-the-bible-only-much-better/)

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