Maj Sjowall Quotes
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as…
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Yes, think what a lot of nonsense one can figure out with plenty of time. Brooding is the mother of ineffectiveness.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had…
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I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime…
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People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one…
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We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that…
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