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David Lagercrantz quotes: People want to fit in and do well, and so they do indescribably stupid things.

People want to fit in and do well, and so they do indescribably stupid things.

David Lagercrantz quotes: The beautiful thing is I have sort of grown up. I don't care if I'm highbrow or not anymore.

The beautiful thing is I have sort of grown up. I don't care if I'm highbrow or not anymore.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Those who are different, also have a tendency to think differently.

Those who are different, also have a tendency to think differently.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Magician of Lublin,

Magician of Lublin,

David Lagercrantz quotes: This isn't a negotiation, it's not even a conversation. I'm just setting out the terms, that's all.

This isn't a negotiation, it's not even a conversation. I'm just setting out the terms, that's all.

David Lagercrantz quotes: The real demon in my life is my father.

The real demon in my life is my father.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Those who spy on the people end up themselves being spied on by the people. There's a fundamental democratic logic to it.

Those who spy on the people end up themselves being spied on by the people. There's a fundamental democratic logic to it.

David Lagercrantz quotes: My life as an author has always been about brilliant, odd people.

My life as an author has always been about brilliant, odd people.

David Lagercrantz quotes: I'm not a secretive guy. I'm talkative.

I'm not a secretive guy. I'm talkative.

David Lagercrantz quotes: I like stupid questions," Rimmer said. "They allow one to feel intelligent for once.

I like stupid questions," Rimmer said. "They allow one to feel intelligent for once.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Alan Turing is such an amazing, tragic story.

Alan Turing is such an amazing, tragic story.

David Lagercrantz quotes: These days you can't do a goddamn thing online without leaving footprints.

These days you can't do a goddamn thing online without leaving footprints.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Well, don't tell me that sexual freedom was Stalin's lasting contribution to mankind.

Well, don't tell me that sexual freedom was Stalin's lasting contribution to mankind.

David Lagercrantz quotes: It is impossible to overestimate how humourless underpaid journalists can be.

It is impossible to overestimate how humourless underpaid journalists can be.

David Lagercrantz quotes: All I wanted to do was to follow my passion and tell a good story.

All I wanted to do was to follow my passion and tell a good story.

David Lagercrantz quotes: The sum of all vices does not remain constant. Each one breeds another.

The sum of all vices does not remain constant. Each one breeds another.

David Lagercrantz quotes: inspired him to bear witness to a world which was bleeding with injustice and intolerance and petty corruption.

inspired him to bear witness to a world which was bleeding with injustice and intolerance and petty corruption.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together.

Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Money talks, bullshit walks. First and foremost the magazine had to pay its way.

Money talks, bullshit walks. First and foremost the magazine had to pay its way.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Are you insane?" "Probably, yes," she said. "Empathy deficit disorder. Excessive violence. Something along those lines.

Are you insane?" "Probably, yes," she said. "Empathy deficit disorder. Excessive violence. Something along those lines.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Young people are meant to go off the rails politically, aren't they? And there are certainly far worse things one can do than dream about equality.

Young people are meant to go off the rails politically, aren't they? And there are certainly far worse things one can do than dream about equality.

David Lagercrantz quotes: technological singularity," the state at which computer intelligence will have overtaken our own.

technological singularity," the state at which computer intelligence will have overtaken our own.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Everything has its time

Everything has its time

David Lagercrantz quotes: Gut feeling is often a better tool than all the psychological theories in the world.

Gut feeling is often a better tool than all the psychological theories in the world.

David Lagercrantz quotes: The pace of growth goes on increasing and in the end it escapes our control.

The pace of growth goes on increasing and in the end it escapes our control.

David Lagercrantz quotes: How come all lunatics and murderers are religious these days?

How come all lunatics and murderers are religious these days?

David Lagercrantz quotes: If joy could express itself with the same force as pain," he said.

If joy could express itself with the same force as pain," he said.

David Lagercrantz quotes: we live in a twisted world where everything, both big and small, is subject to surveillance, and where anything worth money will always be exploited.

we live in a twisted world where everything, both big and small, is subject to surveillance, and where anything worth money will always be exploited.

David Lagercrantz quotes: I'm a strange kind of author - I like assignments. I wasn't clever enough to invent an iconic figure like Salander, but she's my kind of girl.

I'm a strange kind of author - I like assignments. I wasn't clever enough to invent an iconic figure like Salander, but she's my kind of girl.

David Lagercrantz quotes: it's always the wrong people who have the guilty conscience. Those who are really responsible for suffering in the world couldn't care less.

it's always the wrong people who have the guilty conscience. Those who are really responsible for suffering in the world couldn't care less.

David Lagercrantz quotes: one must never underestimate anyone or cling to preconceived ideas.

one must never underestimate anyone or cling to preconceived ideas.

David Lagercrantz quotes: I now realize that I should blame myself when men indulge in such wildly wishful thinking that they see a sexual invitation in a simple smile.

I now realize that I should blame myself when men indulge in such wildly wishful thinking that they see a sexual invitation in a simple smile.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Where are you going?" Turing had asked."Nowhere.""Me too.

Where are you going?" Turing had asked.
"Nowhere."
"Me too.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Sometimes things go wrong, no matter how careful you are.

Sometimes things go wrong, no matter how careful you are.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Money talks, bullshit walks.

Money talks, bullshit walks.

David Lagercrantz quotes: A man who can make love with another man can also make love with the enemy.

A man who can make love with another man can also make love with the enemy.

David Lagercrantz quotes: People are so unnecessarily negative about envy. It really ought to be struck off the list of deadly sins.

People are so unnecessarily negative about envy. It really ought to be struck off the list of deadly sins.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Just think if life could be like that sometimes... If joy could express itself with the same force as pain.

Just think if life could be like that sometimes... If joy could express itself with the same force as pain.

David Lagercrantz quotes: To be alive, Professor Sharif, means not being completely consistent.

To be alive, Professor Sharif, means not being completely consistent.

David Lagercrantz quotes: He read political science, mass media communications, finance, and international conflict resolution,

He read political science, mass media communications, finance, and international conflict resolution,

David Lagercrantz quotes: I have this reporter's temperament still in me - I thrive under pressure.

I have this reporter's temperament still in me - I thrive under pressure.

David Lagercrantz quotes: A conventional crime story is simple - it's just a corpse in the river or something, and a detective with an alcohol problem.

A conventional crime story is simple - it's just a corpse in the river or something, and a detective with an alcohol problem.

David Lagercrantz quotes: A supervillain must continue to exist.

A supervillain must continue to exist.

David Lagercrantz quotes: They locked her up and kept trying to break her. But she kept coming back, and do you know what I think?" "No." "She got stronger each time.

They locked her up and kept trying to break her. But she kept coming back, and do you know what I think?" "No." "She got stronger each time.

David Lagercrantz quotes: What is there left once you have lost your manliness?

What is there left once you have lost your manliness?

David Lagercrantz quotes: You either have a useful contribution to make or you don't, regardless of whether you're head of the office or the emperor of China.

You either have a useful contribution to make or you don't, regardless of whether you're head of the office or the emperor of China.

David Lagercrantz quotes: I'm ashamed to say that I'm from a very privileged background.

I'm ashamed to say that I'm from a very privileged background.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Your uncompromising attitude makes people feel pathetic. Your very existence reminds them just how much they've sold out,

Your uncompromising attitude makes people feel pathetic. Your very existence reminds them just how much they've sold out,

David Lagercrantz quotes: You could probably call the whole thing an ordinary love story.

You could probably call the whole thing an ordinary love story.

David Lagercrantz quotes: - Fair enough, dit Linus Brandell.

- Fair enough, dit Linus Brandell.

David Lagercrantz quotes: If you wanted to show that someone was a good chap, the essence of a good and clean Englishman, you would say that he was an athlete.

If you wanted to show that someone was a good chap, the essence of a good and clean Englishman, you would say that he was an athlete.

David Lagercrantz quotes: We must fight intolerance, racism and the far-Right.

We must fight intolerance, racism and the far-Right.

David Lagercrantz quotes: we're equal before the law - if we pay the same amount.

we're equal before the law - if we pay the same amount.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Kira was on her way, unhinged on top of everything else.

Kira was on her way, unhinged on top of everything else.

David Lagercrantz quotes: You have to search for the best writer - I'm not saying I'm the one, but it's a bad idea to just find the person who is a copycat of

You have to search for the best writer - I'm not saying I'm the one, but it's a bad idea to just find the person who is a copycat of Stieg Larsson.

David Lagercrantz quotes: I know I don't want to be Stieg Larsson my whole life.

I know I don't want to be Stieg Larsson my whole life.

David Lagercrantz quotes: I want to have new challenges and write new crazy books because I think it makes me a better writer to be insecure and try new things.

I want to have new challenges and write new crazy books because I think it makes me a better writer to be insecure and try new things.

David Lagercrantz quotes: There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book.

There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book.

David Lagercrantz quotes: My father was highbrow: writing long biographies of Dante and stuff like that. Ghostwriting sportsman memoirs? That was sort of the lowest of the low.

My father was highbrow: writing long biographies of Dante and stuff like that. Ghostwriting sportsman memoirs? That was sort of the lowest of the low.

David Lagercrantz quotes: Sometimes the best ideas occur to you while your mind is occupied with something completely different.

Sometimes the best ideas occur to you while your mind is occupied with something completely different.

David Lagercrantz quotes: We'll never let him do that to you again. Never.

We'll never let him do that to you again. Never.

David Lagercrantz quotes: But most important of all, he kicked off in the humble tone he had been taught in his management courses:

But most important of all, he kicked off in the humble tone he had been taught in his management courses:

David Lagercrantz quotes: Wait, Ed. Did you say she?" "You better believe it. Our hacker's a she!

Wait, Ed. Did you say she?" "You better believe it. Our hacker's a she!

David Lagercrantz quotes: All great characters, great icons, in literature are a bit of a riddle, and that's the reason we go back to them over and over.

All great characters, great icons, in literature are a bit of a riddle, and that's the reason we go back to them over and over.