My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I wasn't a great crime reader to begin with.
Jo Nesbo
I feel more related to some American crime writers than I do to Stieg Larsson.
To be honest, and this is terrible to admit, I hardly read any teen mystery books at all.
Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia from the kiosks and into the serious bookstores.
My husband is from Finland, so every so often I'll throw a Scandinavian-themed party.
They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese.
My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries.
Europeans are really dying out!
Vladimir Putin
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
Victor Hugo
We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
Viktor Orban
Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America.
I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.
British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.
I started writing to save my life.
Joy Harjo
I started writing in 1948 - basically.
Billy Crystal
I never got a degree; I just started writing.
Joe R. Lansdale
I started writing more with my voice in mind.
I started writing as soon as I started reading.
I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.
To begin, begin.
William Wordsworth
Begin with the end in mind.
Stephen Covey
To retire is to begin to die.
Pablo Casals
We will not know unless we begin.
Peter Nivio Zarlenga
I begin by considering an effect.
I am not a big reader to begin with.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
I'm a slow reader.
Benicio Del Toro
I'm a lousy reader.
Broderick Crawford
I am an avid reader.
June Squibb
I'm a very slow reader.
Chip Kidd
I'm a very slow reader.
I'm a voracious reader.
I was a precocious reader.
Crime is sexy.
Shia LaBeouf
Small aim is a crime.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Despotism is a long crime.
Victor Hugo
Targets don't fight crime.
Theresa May
The worst crime is faking it.
In the end, crime doesn't pay.
Writing a book is not a crime.
Leadership is influence.
John C. Maxwell
Affluence means influence.
Jack London
ABBA was a direct influence on me.
Beth Ditto
Bowie's been a huge influence on me.
Adam Lambert
My father was a huge influence on me.
Mantovani was a great influence on me.
Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.
I'm not hard to get along with.
Jack Nicholson
I'm extremely hard to work with.
Linda Perry
Art is what you can get away with.
Andy Warhol
Bo Derek was wonderful to work with.
Ian Ziering
Art is anything you can get away with.
You fall for who the chemistry is with.
Twitter's probably my bad habit.
Nicola Sturgeon
I am probably a pseudo-intellectual.
Craig Ferguson
Videogames are probably my first love.
Charlie Brooker
I probably have genius. But no talent.
Francis Ford Coppola
I probably shouldn't live in New York.
They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
I'm probably a little too uninhibited.
I love myself.
Amber Riley
I inspire myself.
Tommy Wiseau
I invented myself.
Jerry Della Femina
I have to be myself.
Daniel Craig
I discovered myself!
I don't weigh myself.
I don't limit myself.
I'm very American.
Norah Jones
I am pro-American.
John Bolton
I am a gay American.
James McGreevey
I feel Anglo-American.
Christopher Hitchens
I'm an African American.
I admire American ideas.
Solitude is un-American.
God is great.
Sean Kingston
Pilates is great.
Orlando Bloom
Pop was great fun.
Delta Goodrem
I'm a great singer.
Mauricio Macri
I love great quotes.
My thighs are great!
Fatherhood is great.