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Jo Nesbo Quotes

Good police officers are ugly Picture Quote #1

I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very ambitious - to say something about the human condition that hasn’t been written before. Probably I will never succeed but that is what I strive to do Picture Quote #1

A rat is neither good nor evil. It does what a rat has to do Picture Quote #1

Love is a greater mystery than death Picture Quote #1

Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction Picture Quote #1

For me, the best places to write are on planes, trains and at airports. Not hotel rooms but hotel lobbies. I’m really happy when I’m waiting for a plane and the message comes that it’s three hours late. Great, I’ll get to write! Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been watching more American TV because of all the great TV series that have come out in the last five to 10 years. I’m a ‘Sopranos’ fan, I’m a ‘Wire’ fan, I’m a ‘Mad Men’ fan. I’m a ‘Deadwood’ fan. It makes me optimistic for the future of storytelling on TV that producers are willing to take that kind of jump Picture Quote #1

Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it’s changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water’s edge Picture Quote #1

At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one of the Norwegian premier leagues. But I tore ligaments in both knees, so I started studying business administration and economics and became a financial analyst, and I worked at a brokerage firm as a stockbroker Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I’ll ever feel as famous or as popular as I felt when I was a 17-year-old soccer player in Modle. Only about 20,000 people live there and 12,000 of them come to every game. Running onto the pitch each week was just the most fantastic feeling. Nothing can beat that Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I wasn’t a great crime reader to begin with Picture Quote #1

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I have to feel that I’m going somewhere all the time. By definition, if you have this urge to go places, then you can’t be 100 percent happy where you are. It’s not like I enjoy being miserable for weeks on end. But I think it’s good to be miserable for about one day every third week - that’s ideal for me Picture Quote #1

I was sleeping in a water bed for a couple of years, recommended by my doctor. I was never comfortable in that water bed. In the middle of the night you would hear something happening - water and bubbles. I would always think there was some intelligent life in the water bed Picture Quote #1

I’m not a big crime reader, but I’m reading Michael Connelly’s ‘The Reversal.’ I’m going back to his novels. I’m also reading Keith Richards’ ‘Life.’ I’m always fascinated by the transition from the innocent late 60s and early 70s and the youth culture becoming an industry Picture Quote #1

Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they could compete with the best. If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he would definitely have written at least one thriller Picture Quote #1

Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That’s when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it’s work time Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Revenge is the thinking man’s reflex, a complex blend of action and consistency no other animal species has so far succeeded in evolving. Evolutionary speaking, the practice of taking revenge has shown itself to the so effective that only the most vengeful of us have survived Picture Quote #1

Not even the brightest future can make up for the fact that no roads lead back to what came before - to the innocence of childhood or the first time we fell in love Picture Quote #1

Everyone has a need to do penance. It’s a basic need, like washing. It’s about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It’s the balance we call morality Picture Quote #1

I don’t have any writing routine. Sometimes I go to my local coffee shop and I write there for some hours. Apart from that, I am traveling most of the time. I write in airports, trains, hotel rooms... I can write anywhere Picture Quote #1

I’m just an entertainer. In a way crime stories are boring. A crime’s been committed and at the end you know it will be solved. So you’ve got to make the story interesting besides it just being a plot. And that’s why character matters, why you’ve got to make the characters interesting Picture Quote #1

Phantom’ was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening, and then there’s one voice from the past that’s also driving the story forward. And you know that the two story lines will meet eventually Picture Quote #1

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Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living Picture Quote #1

It was a sudden inspiration. But inspiration never came without a reason Picture Quote #1

Doubt is faith’s shadow Picture Quote #1

Evil is not a thing. It cannot take possession of you. It’s the opposite; it’s a void, an absence of goodness. The only thing you can be frightened of here is yourself Picture Quote #1

Everyone has a need to do penance. It’s a basic need, like washing. It’s about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It’s the balance we call morality Picture Quote #1

What we humans think we know is nothing compared to what we need to believe to numb the fear and pain Picture Quote #1

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Good police officers are ugly (Jo Nesbo Quotes) I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very ambitious - to say something about the human condition that hasn’t been written before. Probably I will never succeed but that is what I strive to do (Jo Nesbo Quotes) A rat is neither good nor evil. It does what a rat has to do (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Love is a greater mystery than death (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction (Jo Nesbo Quotes) For me, the best places to write are on planes, trains and at airports. Not hotel rooms but hotel lobbies. I’m really happy when I’m waiting for a plane and the message comes that it’s three hours late. Great, I’ll get to write! (Jo Nesbo Quotes) I’ve been watching more American TV because of all the great TV series that have come out in the last five to 10 years. I’m a ‘Sopranos’ fan, I’m a ‘Wire’ fan, I’m a ‘Mad Men’ fan. I’m a ‘Deadwood’ fan. It makes me optimistic for the future of storytelling on TV that producers are willing to take that kind of jump (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it’s changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water’s edge (Jo Nesbo Quotes) At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one of the Norwegian premier leagues. But I tore ligaments in both knees, so I started studying business administration and economics and became a financial analyst, and I worked at a brokerage firm as a stockbroker (Jo Nesbo Quotes) I don’t think I’ll ever feel as famous or as popular as I felt when I was a 17-year-old soccer player in Modle. Only about 20,000 people live there and 12,000 of them come to every game. Running onto the pitch each week was just the most fantastic feeling. Nothing can beat that (Jo Nesbo Quotes) 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 (Jo Nesbo Quotes) My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I wasn’t a great crime reader to begin with (Jo Nesbo Quotes) I have to feel that I’m going somewhere all the time. By definition, if you have this urge to go places, then you can’t be 100 percent happy where you are. It’s not like I enjoy being miserable for weeks on end. But I think it’s good to be miserable for about one day every third week - that’s ideal for me (Jo Nesbo Quotes) I was sleeping in a water bed for a couple of years, recommended by my doctor. I was never comfortable in that water bed. In the middle of the night you would hear something happening - water and bubbles. I would always think there was some intelligent life in the water bed (Jo Nesbo Quotes) I’m not a big crime reader, but I’m reading Michael Connelly’s ‘The Reversal.’ I’m going back to his novels. I’m also reading Keith Richards’ ‘Life.’ I’m always fascinated by the transition from the innocent late 60s and early 70s and the youth culture becoming an industry (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they could compete with the best. If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he would definitely have written at least one thriller (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That’s when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it’s work time (Jo Nesbo Quotes) 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 (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Revenge is the thinking man’s reflex, a complex blend of action and consistency no other animal species has so far succeeded in evolving. Evolutionary speaking, the practice of taking revenge has shown itself to the so effective that only the most vengeful of us have survived (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Not even the brightest future can make up for the fact that no roads lead back to what came before - to the innocence of childhood or the first time we fell in love. (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Everyone has a need to do penance. It’s a basic need, like washing. It’s about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It’s the balance we call morality. (Jo Nesbo Quotes) I don’t have any writing routine. Sometimes I go to my local coffee shop and I write there for some hours. Apart from that, I am traveling most of the time. I write in airports, trains, hotel rooms... I can write anywhere. (Jo Nesbo Quotes) I’m just an entertainer. In a way crime stories are boring. A crime’s been committed and at the end you know it will be solved. So you’ve got to make the story interesting besides it just being a plot. And that’s why character matters, why you’ve got to make the characters interesting. (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Phantom’ was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening, and then there’s one voice from the past that’s also driving the story forward. And you know that the two story lines will meet eventually. (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living (Jo Nesbo Quotes) It was a sudden inspiration. But inspiration never came without a reason (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Doubt is faith’s shadow (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Evil is not a thing. It cannot take possession of you. It’s the opposite; it’s a void, an absence of goodness. The only thing you can be frightened of here is yourself (Jo Nesbo Quotes) Everyone has a need to do penance. It’s a basic need, like washing. It’s about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It’s the balance we call morality (Jo Nesbo Quotes) What we humans think we know is nothing compared to what we need to believe to numb the fear and pain (Jo Nesbo Quotes)

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