David Lagercrantz

There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book.

A conventional crime story is simple - it's just a corpse in the river or something, and a detective with an alcohol problem.

I was so obsessed by Lisbeth Salander and all the characters, but of course if you're going to write a crime novel worthy of Stieg Larsson, you need a plot, don't you?

There's always pressure on the second album - this one has to be the big one.

F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.