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When You Go Visiting Countries, You Start Reading The History Of The Place And You Start Getting Into The Culture, And Then You Have To Leave. In My Experience, All Countries Have Hidden Treasures.

Thanks To The Success Of Henning Mankell And Peter Hoeg, There Wasn't The Same Stigma Attached To Writing Genre Thrillers In Scandinavia As There Was In Many Other Cultures. Quite The Opposite, In Fact.

Some Artists See A Gig As An Audience Worshipping Them. I Think It Is About Having A Great Time Together. I Have A Part As The Singer. An Audience Has A Part. Playing A Gig Doesn't Make Me High On Myself.

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.

When You're An Established Name, You Know That A Children's Book Will Have A Pretty Good Chance Of Getting Picked Up. Like Madonna. It's Not That I Had This Great Idea. Actually, In My Case, It Was A Great Idea.