Amazing Quote by Hallgrimur 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.”

— Hallgrímur Helgason

... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when you open…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

Everything is very expensive in Iceland, so I got some things done in India in the two months I was here. I visited the…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

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…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

“No, it's not gun-holder, it's Gunhilda.”

— Hallgrímur 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…

— Hallgrimur 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…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

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…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

Most early Icelandic paintings are landscapes.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

We have to save ourselves from ourselves. We have to minimize the effect our own politicians can have on our society. We have to…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

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…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

You can't write my types of books without hurting someone.

— Hallgrimur Helgason