Henning Mankell Quotes

I'm quite sure Shakespeare enjoyed writing Iago much more than he did writing Othello. If you write about someone you love, what the hell are you supposed to say about that person? It's much better to have something between you and your main character that grates.

Henning Mankell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: February 3, 1948 - October 5, 2015

Topics

LoveCharacterWritingHellBetter

I think if somebody commits to somebody by asking a woman to marry you, you should keep that commitment.

Joanna Krupa

CommitmentWomanThinkYouAsking

My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I was Superman.

Andy Behrman

TimeDaySupermanNeverUpTwenty

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

Maya Angelou

DreamsIdeasBackRightsTakeUs

John Waters is a genius.

Stephen Malkmus

GeniusJohnWatersJohn Waters

Organizations that empower folks further down the chain or try to get rid of the big hierarchal chains and allow decision making to happen on a more local level end up being more adaptive and resilient because there are more minds involved in the problem.

Steven Johnson

DecisionEndProblemDownChains

The more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs.

Steven Pinker

PeopleThinkYouPrivilegeMore

As God is continually being marginalized and dismissed in the culture, you will continue to see evil proliferate.

Tony Evans

GodCultureEvilYouWillSee

You get ideas from other people all the time.

Jared Harris

TimePeopleIdeasYouGetOther

War is fear cloaked in courage.

William Westmoreland

FearCourageWar

I have no desire to go through the emancipation of women and homosexuals all over again.

Pim Fortuyn

WomenGoDesireOverThroughAgain

I have very strong Canadian connections. My daughter was born there a year and half ago. But because of the nature of my job, I need to be in countries where I can get the stories that I am looking at.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

NatureDaughterJobI AmLooking

It has been discovered that all the world is made of the same atoms, that the stars are of the same stuff as ourselves. It then becomes a question of where our stuff came from. Not just where did life come from, or where did the earth come from, but where did the stuff of life and of the earth come from?

Richard P. Feynman

LifeStarsWorldEarthQuestion

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