David Lagercrantz

I said from the start I had to be trustful of the Millennium universe. It was not going to be a Stieg Larsson book, but my interpretation of his iconic characters and universe. ”

We must fight intolerance, racism and the far-Right. ”

I want to have new challenges and write new crazy books because I think it makes me a better writer to be insecure and try new things. ”

All great characters, great icons, in literature are a bit of a riddle, and that's the reason we go back to them over and over. ”

Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together. ”

I wrote about Alan Turing, the great mathematician and code-breaker. He was an absolutely different person, certainly more brilliant than I ever will be. ”

I'm an author who likes assignments, who needs suggestions, ideas I would never have thought of otherwise - then something happens inside my alien head. Other people have to decide whether or not I'm a good writer, but I do have the ability to write in different styles. ”

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

I have this reporter's temperament still in me - I thrive under pressure. ”

We had all these famous writers in Sweden and from all over the world home at dinner. I wanted to be a writer, and I wanted to be a highbrow writer as my father. He never, ever read anything like crime novels. He wrote biographies of Dante, James Joyce, August Strindberg and Joseph Conrad. ”