Because the completion of labour service was a precondition for permission to study at the university, I was able to begin my studies of Germanistics and Classical Philology during the summer term of 1939.

The war is not planned. I don't believe that any responsible person plans it. But it's thought as possible.

Literature has its own life, even in a dictatorship like the Soviet Union.

For me, at least, much of the German I see and hear sounds stranger than Swedish, a language of which I unfortunately understand very little.

I saw Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' and you could say a lot of things against it, but it was incredible fun. I don't like blood and gore, and I am very squeamish about violence, but Tarantino's violence is actually funny.

That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't.

Luckily, I'm not a gambler or a drinker or - you know, I get my fix of comedy.

I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.