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Henning Mankell Quotes

Police work wouldn’t be possible without coffee Picture Quote #1

I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what’s happening in society. I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things in society Picture Quote #1

I’m not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative Picture Quote #1

I love Sherlock Holmes. There’s still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways Picture Quote #1

When I was a very young author, I knew I needed to build myself a tower outside of Europe. Like when you’re a hunter, and build towers to watch the animals move. I knew I would never understand the world without that perspective. I came to Africa for that rational reason, although I love Mozambique now Picture Quote #1

I can still remember the miraculous feeling of writing a sentence, then more sentences, telling a story. The first thing I wrote was a one-page summary of Robinson Crusoe and I am so sorry I do not have it any more; it was at that moment I became an author Picture Quote #1

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For me Oliver Twist is a political novel. It is a furious critique of the treatment of orphans and poor children who were forced to spend their early lives in ghastly institutions Picture Quote #1

I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don’t regret anything about that - on the contrary! Picture Quote #1

Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in ‘Oliver Twist’ that I believe Dickens never managed to retrieve. It is as if he was sent to this earth with the sole purpose of writing this book Picture Quote #1

As a writer, I am an intellectual. I believe in the ideals of the Enlightenment, I believe in the written word, in dialogue and in truth. I hate lies more than anything else. Most of the time I react by writing Picture Quote #1

At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of well-educated Mozambicans to try to run the country Picture Quote #1

I am a very radical person - as radical now as I was when I was younger. So my books all have in common my search for understanding of the terrible world we are living in and ways to change it Picture Quote #1

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I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn’t want me to just read children’s books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was ‘The Sign of the Four’ ‘Study in Scarlet’ was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read Picture Quote #1

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people’s dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours Picture Quote #1

Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives - which is true - but there’s also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival Picture Quote #1

Among all the nonsense, mistakes, and bad ideas we come up with, maybe some truth will sneak in Picture Quote #1

The fundamental driving force for me is to create a change in the world we live in... It is about exploitation, plundering and degradation. I have a small possibility to participate in the resistance. Most of the things that I do are part of a resistance, a form of solidarity work Picture Quote #1

My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If we do not have a system of justice that people believe in, the system of democracy will fail Picture Quote #1

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In Africa, listening is a guiding principle. It’s a principle that’s been lost in the constant chatter of the Western world, where no one seems to have the time or even the desire to listen to anyone else Picture Quote #1

I work every day until I do not have more to say. I learned from Graham Greene that a very good way is to stop work in the middle of a sentence. Then you know exactly how to continue the day after Picture Quote #1

It is obviously no secret that I earn a lot of money. But it is also no secret that I give most of it away. I don’t live a luxurious life. I drive a small second-hand Fiat. I don’t have to worry about money, which is itself a privilege. But I never had any anxiety that I would lose my identity Picture Quote #1

Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it’s a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls Picture Quote #1

Well, I believe that life is very complicated. And in a way, the only way you can show life in a truthful way is to show how complicated it is as an individual, but also your relation between a complicated life and the complications you have inside you Picture Quote #1

I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of being able to turn words into stories. It was a miracle Picture Quote #1

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I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it’s myself at eight. Because that’s when the forces of imagination have the same value as the real world, when they’re an instrument of survival: when my mother disappeared, and I imagined a mother. That was me at my best Picture Quote #1

ÂŽNot having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that’s the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them Picture Quote #1

They pondered the importance of coffee in silence Picture Quote #1

An oppressed people will always rise Picture Quote #1

We only have the past that we have. Not all of our deeds were incorrect Picture Quote #1

My mother did what many men do. She left Picture Quote #1

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Police work wouldn’t be possible without coffee (Henning Mankell Quotes) I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what’s happening in society. I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things in society. (Henning Mankell Quotes) I’m not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative (Henning Mankell Quotes) I love Sherlock Holmes. There’s still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways (Henning Mankell Quotes) When I was a very young author, I knew I needed to build myself a tower outside of Europe. Like when you’re a hunter, and build towers to watch the animals move. I knew I would never understand the world without that perspective. I came to Africa for that rational reason, although I love Mozambique now (Henning Mankell Quotes) I can still remember the miraculous feeling of writing a sentence, then more sentences, telling a story. The first thing I wrote was a one-page summary of Robinson Crusoe and I am so sorry I do not have it any more; it was at that moment I became an author (Henning Mankell Quotes) For me Oliver Twist is a political novel. It is a furious critique of the treatment of orphans and poor children who were forced to spend their early lives in ghastly institutions (Henning Mankell Quotes) I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don’t regret anything about that - on the contrary! (Henning Mankell Quotes) Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in ‘Oliver Twist’ that I believe Dickens never managed to retrieve. It is as if he was sent to this earth with the sole purpose of writing this book (Henning Mankell Quotes) As a writer, I am an intellectual. I believe in the ideals of the Enlightenment, I believe in the written word, in dialogue and in truth. I hate lies more than anything else. Most of the time I react by writing (Henning Mankell Quotes) At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of well-educated Mozambicans to try to run the country (Henning Mankell Quotes) I am a very radical person - as radical now as I was when I was younger. So my books all have in common my search for understanding of the terrible world we are living in and ways to change it (Henning Mankell Quotes) I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn’t want me to just read children’s books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was ‘The Sign of the Four’ ‘Study in Scarlet’ was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read (Henning Mankell Quotes) What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people’s dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours. (Henning Mankell Quotes) Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives - which is true - but there’s also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival. (Henning Mankell Quotes) Among all the nonsense, mistakes, and bad ideas we come up with, maybe some truth will sneak in (Henning Mankell Quotes) The fundamental driving force for me is to create a change in the world we live in... It is about exploitation, plundering and degradation. I have a small possibility to participate in the resistance. Most of the things that I do are part of a resistance, a form of solidarity work. (Henning Mankell Quotes) My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If we do not have a system of justice that people believe in, the system of democracy will fail. (Henning Mankell Quotes) In Africa, listening is a guiding principle. It’s a principle that’s been lost in the constant chatter of the Western world, where no one seems to have the time or even the desire to listen to anyone else. (Henning Mankell Quotes) I work every day until I do not have more to say. I learned from Graham Greene that a very good way is to stop work in the middle of a sentence. Then you know exactly how to continue the day after. (Henning Mankell Quotes) It is obviously no secret that I earn a lot of money. But it is also no secret that I give most of it away. I don’t live a luxurious life. I drive a small second-hand Fiat. I don’t have to worry about money, which is itself a privilege. But I never had any anxiety that I would lose my identity. (Henning Mankell Quotes) Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it’s a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls. (Henning Mankell Quotes) Well, I believe that life is very complicated. And in a way, the only way you can show life in a truthful way is to show how complicated it is as an individual, but also your relation between a complicated life and the complications you have inside you. (Henning Mankell Quotes) I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of being able to turn words into stories. It was a miracle. (Henning Mankell Quotes) I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it’s myself at eight. Because that’s when the forces of imagination have the same value as the real world, when they’re an instrument of survival: when my mother disappeared, and I imagined a mother. That was me at my best. (Henning Mankell Quotes) ÂŽNot having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that’s the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them. (Henning Mankell Quotes) They pondered the importance of coffee in silence (Henning Mankell Quotes) An oppressed people will always rise (Henning Mankell Quotes) We only have the past that we have. Not all of our deeds were incorrect (Henning Mankell Quotes) My mother did what many men do. She left (Henning Mankell Quotes)

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