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A good story can travel in time and borders; it hits you no matter where you are.
Hakan Nesser
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There are 195 crime books published in Sweden every year. You could cut that to 100 and keep the good ones.
— Hakan Nesser
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Crime
I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre is good; it deals with the fundamental questions of life and death. The problem is there are too many bad crime stories.
— Hakan Nesser
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It is difficult to survive as an author in Sweden, so for commercial success, it is good idea to write crime, get yourself translated, and live happily ever after.
— Hakan Nesser
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I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
— Hakan Nesser
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If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.
— Donald Miller
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