Niels Arden Oplev Quotes

The thing with 'The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo' is that is it's like an Agatha Christie plot, and an investigating journalist is also a classic character.

Niels Arden Oplev

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: danish
  • Birth: March 26, 1961

Topics

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I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.

Jenny Holzer

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I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less.

Andrew Tobias

LifePeopleControlThinkMoreOver

In the South, you don't say exactly what's going on or what's on your mind.

Anna Camp

MindYouSayGoingYourSouth

I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.

Anna Deavere Smith

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Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

Matt Roper

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To any CEO who's skeptical at all, you have to create a social enterprise today; you have to be totally connected with everyone who touches your brand.

Angela Ahrendts

TodayBrandYouCreateConnected

A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a second-story overhang, emphasizing their medieval look.

John Updike

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I did some pretty bad things as a teenager. When I was 13, I took my friend's mom's car out for a joyride, and I actually managed to hit somebody else's car. No one was hurt, but needless to say, I didn't get behind the wheel again until I had my driver's license.

Amanda Righetti

FriendCarMomHurtBadWheel

It's hard to imagine anyone accusing Lionel Shriver of being a timid writer.

Stephen McCauley

HardImagineBeingWriterTimid

Right and wrong are not relative terms. There are fundamental truths. Evil flourishes, but good men continue to battle it - and win.

Mike Gallagher

GoodMenEvilWinBattleWrong

I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower.

Derek Jeter

New YorkCityMeBelieveAppleNew

I liked Jackie Robinson because he was cool to watch, not because he was black. Every time you turned around, he was hitting a triple or making a great play in the field or, best of all, stealing home.

Cheech Marin

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