Top 46 Quotes by Jo Nesbo

About Jo Nesbo

These are some quotes by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo Author, who was born on March 29, 1960.

The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway.

The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway.

Jo Nesbo

Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.

Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.

Jo Nesbo

They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction.

They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction.

Jo Nesbo

My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me 'Joe.'

My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me 'Joe.'

Jo Nesbo

I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your guard all the time.

I'm afraid I didn't really like Caracas in Venezuela. From what I saw it seemed so crime-ridden that you really have to be on your guard all the time.

Jo Nesbo

Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Jo Nesbo

I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've been writing about myself again.

I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've been writing about myself again.

Jo Nesbo

You get spoiled as a novelist because you get to be the director and the editor, and you play all the parts, but as a screenwriter, you are a bit down the ladder.

You get spoiled as a novelist because you get to be the director and the editor, and you play all the parts, but as a screenwriter, you are a bit down the ladder.

Jo Nesbo

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

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

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