All Jo Nesbo Quotes
- 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 was… Always Thought
- I was sleeping in a water bed for a couple of years, recommended by my doctor. I was never comfortable in that water bed. In… Always Think
- I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've… Been
- I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your… Afraid
- I'm just an entertainer. In a way crime stories are boring. A crime's been committed and at the end you know it will be solved.… Been
- I'm not a big crime reader, but I'm reading Michael Connelly's 'The Reversal.' I'm going back to his novels. I'm also reading Keith Richards' 'Life.'… Always Fascinated
- In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain doesn't see the… Any
- Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they… Been
- Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening,… Driving
- Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was… Attached
- The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or a… Book
- Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind… Any
- What do we mean by 'crazy?' What do we mean by 'mad?' At what point is a person just different and at what point can… Action
- When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on… Afraid
- When you're an established name, you know that a children's book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like Madonna. It's not… Book
- I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I… Down
- The stock market to me was like a video game. When it went off, it was like turning the game off. It wasn't something I'd… Game
- I was a really bad taxi driver. I only collided twice but it was one time too much. Bad
- 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 'Joe.' Brooklyn
- The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway. Footballer
- They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators… Certain
- For me, the best places to write are on planes, trains and at airports. Not hotel rooms but hotel lobbies. I'm really happy when I'm… Airport
- I don't have any writing routine. Sometimes I go to my local coffee shop and I write there for some hours. Apart from that, I… Airport
- I have questioned myself about the brutality in the last few novels. Actually in 'The Leopard,' in hindsight, I feel I went a little bit… Bit
- I've been watching more American TV because of all the great TV series that have come out in the last five to 10 years. I'm… All