You Get Spoiled As A Novelist Because

For Many Years, It Seemed As If Nothing Changed In Norway. You Could Leave The Country For Three Months, Travel The World, Through Coups D'etat, Assassinations, Famines, Massacres And Tsunamis, And Come Home To Find That The Only New Thing In The Newspapers Was The Crossword Puzzle.

When I Finish A Book, I'm So Exhausted That I'm Sort Of Letting Myself Think That This Could Be The End.

Losing Your Life Is Not The Worst Thing That Can Happen. The Worst Thing Is To Lose Your Reason For Living.

When I Propose A Candidate For A Job I Don't Do It Because The Person In Question Is The Best But Because He Is The One The Client Will Employ. I Provide Them With A Head That Is Good Enough, Placed On A Body They Want. [...] The World Is Full Of People Who Pay Serious Money For Bad Pictures By Good Artists. And Mediocre Heads On Tall Bodies.

Sick Is A Relative Concept. We're All Sick. The Question Is, What Degree Of Functionality Do We Have With Respect To The Rules Society Sets For Desirable Behavior? No Actions Are In Themselves Symptoms Of Sickness. You Have To Look At The Context Within Which These Actions Are Performed.