Author: David Lagercrantz

Quotes

All great characters, great icons, in literature are a bit of a riddle, and that's the reason we go back to them over and over.

All great characters, great icons, in literature are a bit of a riddle, and that's the reason we go back to them over and over.

- David Lagercrantz

Alan Turing is such an amazing, tragic story.

Alan Turing is such an amazing, tragic story.

- David Lagercrantz

I'm very bad at violence in real life. I can't stand it. And I'm so fed up with crime novels that have too much violence. I can't really do it. It's unnecessary.

I'm very bad at violence in real life. I can't stand it. And I'm so fed up with crime novels that have too much violence. I can't really do it. It's unnecessary.

- David Lagercrantz

The real demon in my life is my father.

The real demon in my life is my father.

- David Lagercrantz

I'm always interested in talented or odd people, and my whole life I've written about geniuses who society has treated badly and they strike back - or not.

I'm always interested in talented or odd people, and my whole life I've written about geniuses who society has treated badly and they strike back - or not.

- David Lagercrantz

Of course I want to be a best seller because I'm in the business and I want to be read, but there is no money in the world that can compensate for writing badly.

Of course I want to be a best seller because I'm in the business and I want to be read, but there is no money in the world that can compensate for writing badly.

- David Lagercrantz

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.

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

I wrote about Alan Turing, the great mathematician and code-breaker. He was an absolutely different person, certainly more brilliant than I ever will be.

I wrote about Alan Turing, the great mathematician and code-breaker. He was an absolutely different person, certainly more brilliant than I ever will be.

- David Lagercrantz

I know I don't want to be Stieg Larsson my whole life.

I know I don't want to be Stieg Larsson my whole life.

- David Lagercrantz

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