“— It's Hlynur Bjorn Hafsteinsson, Bergporugotu, 8b, Reykjavik, Iceland. — Is there no postal code? — Oh yes. It's hundred and one… — Hallgrímur Helgason Programming Copy Share Image
... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when… — Hallgrimur Helgason Cold Copy Share Image
Everything is very expensive in Iceland, so I got some things done in India in the two months I was here. I… — Hallgrimur Helgason Everything Copy Share Image
In Iceland, book lives matter in every sense of that phrase: The shelf-life of the book, the lives in the book, the… — Hallgrimur Helgason Book Copy Share Image
Thanks to the Jolabokaflod, books still matter in Iceland; they get read and talked about. Excitement fills the air. Every reading is… — Hallgrimur Helgason Air Copy Share Image
Like many writers, I'm usually more interested in reading about authors than their actual works. We're more curious to know how they… — Hallgrimur Helgason Books Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write about serious issues, about Iceland's journey into modernity, about the soul of Iceland - on how people react… — Hallgrimur Helgason Culture Copy Share Image
We have to save ourselves from ourselves. We have to minimize the effect our own politicians can have on our society. We… — Hallgrimur Helgason Own Copy Share Image
My three years in Manhattan were sort of my university years. I was learning by myself, and it was a tough time.… — Hallgrimur Helgason Home Copy Share Image
Nabokov can be almost too delicate at times, but in 'Lolita,' he puts his aristocratic sensitivity to use in such a dark… — Hallgrimur Helgason Amazing Copy Share Image
You can't write my types of books without hurting someone. — Hallgrimur Helgason Book Copy Share Image
For us Icelanders, the Sagas are like the Bible, only much better. — Hallgrimur Helgason Better Copy Share Image
I want the government to resign and an emergency government to be proclaimed, preferably made up of women. They can't do worse… — Hallgrimur Helgason Emergency Copy Share Image
Writing in English made me become a foreigner in my own country. It helped me create the necessary distance to my homeland. — Hallgrimur Helgason Country Copy Share Image
As a writer, you have to be mean and vicious. Use the pen as your gun. Sometimes the people you write about… — Hallgrimur Helgason Gun Copy Share Image
In the Nordic countries, there are hardly any societal problems, but we writers are bloodthirsty people like anyone else, so we have… — Hallgrimur Helgason Beautiful Copy Share Image
Being a writer in Iceland, you get rewarded all the time: People really do read our books, and they have opinions; they… — Hallgrimur Helgason Books Copy Share Image
Iceland is a rich country, but in the early 21st century, this prosperity got to our heads, and in 2008, it collapsed. — Hallgrimur Helgason Country Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of writer who thinks style is just as important as the story being told. — Hallgrimur Helgason Being Copy Share Image
“- So, what do you do? - Nothing. - What kind of nothing? - The nothing kind of nothing.” — Hallgrímur Helgason Copy Share Image
