Swedish - Journalist | September 4, 1962 -
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
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I have this reporter's temperament still in me - I thrive under pressure.
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A conventional crime story is simple - it's just a corpse in the river or something, and a detective with an alcohol problem.
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The capacity of computers is doubling every eight months. It's exponential development. I think it's a real threat, actually, that a computer one day will be more intelligent than us.
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I want to be read, and I certainly want to sell, but I also see my father's eye from Heaven: 'Always write quality. It doesn't matter if you sell; if it's good, it's good - if you capture the complexity of life.'
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There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book.
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I met a lot of hackers, and some of them were very arrogant. They thought I was stupid because I couldn't follow what they were talking about. But then I met this great guy whom companies hire to find their security holes, and he was very good about explaining so I could understand.
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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.
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A supervillain must continue to exist.
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All I wanted to do was to follow my passion and tell a good story.
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I was so obsessed by Lisbeth Salander and all the characters, but of course if you're going to write a crime novel worthy of Stieg Larsson, you need a plot, don't you?
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