Quote

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.

Steig Larsson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Steig Larsson
Without
However
Abhor
Things
Crime
Pleases
People
Normal
Novels
Please
Consequences
Novel
Behave
Social
Main
Action
Actions
Character
Consequence

More quotes by Steig Larsson

Image
He comes off a little like Practical Pig in The Three Little Pigs.
Steig Larsson
Image
Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.
Steig Larsson
Image
[Her] greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings.
Steig Larsson
Image
Don't call me crazy.I'm a survivor. I do what I have to do to survive.
Steig Larsson
Image
He's pulling the load of an ox and walking on eggshells.
Steig Larsson
Image
Friendship is probably the most common form of love.
Steig Larsson
Image
...you have no idea how mentally handicapped I could be if push comes to shove.
Steig Larsson
Image
A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.
Steig Larsson
Image
Every year Swedish society produces a new generation of threatened women who can testify to the lack of legal rights and the lukewarm interest shown by the police and other authorities.
Steig Larsson
Image
She's married. I'm more a friend and occasional lover.
Steig Larsson
Image
I am what I am,' Salander said 'I ran away from everything and everybody. I should have said goodbye.
Steig Larsson
Image
Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.
Steig Larsson
Image
You're an entropic chaos factor
Steig Larsson
Image
I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.
Steig Larsson
Image
I believe that everyone has it in them to kill another person. In desperation, or hatred, or at least to defend themselves.
Steig Larsson
Image
Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!
Steig Larsson
Image
I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?
Steig Larsson
Image
It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.
Steig Larsson
Image
When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.
Steig Larsson
Image
Candy within reach and then I have to go on a diet.
Steig Larsson