Stieg Larsson (Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson) Quotes
I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.
Quotes to Explore
-
You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.
-
I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
-
We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
-
I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
-
I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
-
You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
-
I love India.
-
If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
-
The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
-
When I was living in Paris in the '80s, I used to go out with an American model who couldn't speak French. But suddenly everyone could speak English because he was so cute.
-
The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
-
All my movies are achingly personal.
-
We have deep depth.
-
Humans are the big thing that cause damage in life - in war or whatever - and if I can get away from that and into a wilderness situation, I'm OK. You can more or less live on your own merit.
-
When I planned to ski Everest, the first thing I faced was, 'How can I return alive?' All the preparation and training was based on this question. But the more I prepared, I knew the chance of survival was very slim. Nobody in the world had done this before, so I told myself that I must face death. Otherwise, I am not eligible.
-
There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
-
I think there are opportunities outside India as well as in India. In fact, some of the largest projects that most Indian software companies are doing are in India.
-
Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.
-
How cool it is to see a bride walking down the aisle with a beautiful long gown with beautiful layers of tulle and organza, unveiling their mini dress at the party?
-
Working with animals forces an actor to work harder because you have to be quick when it comes to improvisation, and you can't break character - at all.
-
Grace in women has more effect than beauty. We sometimes see a certain fine self-possession, an habitual voluptuousness of character, which reposes on its own sensations and derives pleasure from all around it, that is more irresistible than any other attraction. There is an air of languid enjoyment in such persons, "in their eyes, in their arms, and their hands, and their face," which robs us of ourselves, and draws us by a secret sympathy towards them.
-
I began as a fiction writer - I had written three novels in my 20s and 30s. But as my work has gravitated towards literary nonfiction, or lyric essay or poetic essay, whatever you want to call it, I'm constantly beating my head against the wall 'cause I'm teaching a genre that's no longer that exciting to me and that I'm no longer practicing.
-
Consciousness is endless, from one incarnation to the next. It simply will and does manifest in other places and times, regardless of what becomes of the human race.
-
I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.
