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? David Lagercrantz Read Quote
My father was this huge, influential intellectual in the ’60s and ’70s. He was one of the main players in the cultural discussion in Sweden, the editor of papers. David Lagercrantz Read Quote
You have to search for the best writer – I’m not saying I’m the one, but it’s a bad idea to just find the person who is a copycat of Stieg Larsson. David Lagercrantz Read Quote
A conventional crime story is simple – it’s just a corpse in the river or something, and a detective with an alcohol problem. David Lagercrantz Read Quote
The capacity of computers is doubling every eight months. It’s exponential development. I think it’s a real threat, actually, that a computer one day will be more intelligent than us. David Lagercrantz Read Quote
There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book. David Lagercrantz Read Quote
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. David Lagercrantz Read Quote
If you have an extreme character, you need normal characters to contrast them. Sherlock Holmes certainly needed a Dr. Watson. And Pippi Longstocking, who supposedly inspired Lisbeth Salander, needed Tommy and Annika, the normal middle-class neighbors. David Lagercrantz Read Quote
