I believe I could commit a crime. We all can. It depends on which situations we find ourselves in. In despair, I would steal food if my children were hungry.

I'm not a good crime writer. I'm not good with plots... so I have to do something else.

I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.

I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality and liberation.

Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.

I believe that a child going without an education is a crime.