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David Lagercrantz
David Lagercrantz
Swedish Journalist
Born: Sep 4, 1962
Father Good Life Me People You
Related authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison
I write best when I sort of collide myself with another man. So I think, I hope, that a combination of me and Stieg Larsson will create something good. David Lagercrantz
Hope Best Myself Good Me Man Will Think Something Something Good Write Combination Sort Another Another Man Create
I have the deepest respect for Eva Gabrielsson and all she has gone through, but I also know that I make maybe her sad, and I am sad about that, but I make so many other people happy. David Lagercrantz
Sad Respect Happy People Gone Other About Through Know Also She Make Am Maybe Eva Many Deepest Her
My father was highbrow: writing long biographies of Dante and stuff like that. Ghostwriting sportsman memoirs? That was sort of the lowest of the low. David Lagercrantz
Writing Father Long Dante Memoirs Highbrow Stuff Like Sort Sportsman Low Lowest Biographies
The real demon in my life is my father. David Lagercrantz
Life Father My Life Demon Real
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. David Lagercrantz
Book Interpretation Universe Characters Had Said His Going Iconic Millennium Start
I've always been interested in people who think out of their time, and I have this passion, actually, for science. I'm just so enormously interested in how, when you think of these revolutionary ideas, other people get threatened, especially if you are different. David Lagercrantz
Time You Science People Passion Think Other Out Threatened Ideas Always How Been Get Revolutionary Just Different Interested Who Actually
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. David Lagercrantz
Great Back Bit Characters Over Go Literature Them Icons Reason Riddle
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
Father Papers Main He Editor Cultural Intellectual Huge Discussion Influential Sweden Players
I have this reporter's temperament still in me - I thrive under pressure. David Lagercrantz
Me Pressure Thrive Temperament Still Reporter
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
Problem Simple Crime Alcohol Corpse Detective Something River Just Conventional Story
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
Day Will Every Think Months One Day Threat More Computer Computers Development Real Intelligent Than Eight Capacity Us Doubling Exponential Actually
I want to be read, and I certainly want to sell, but I also see my father's eye from Heaven: 'Always write quality. It doesn't matter if you sell; if it's good, it's good - if you capture the complexity of life.' David Lagercrantz
Life Good You Quality Matter Father Complexity Eye See Write Also Read Always Sell Heaven Want Certainly Capture
There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book. David Lagercrantz
Me Book Writing World Money Would Lousy Compensate
I met a lot of hackers, and some of them were very arrogant. They thought I was stupid because I couldn't follow what they were talking about. But then I met this great guy whom companies hire to find their security holes, and he was very good about explaining so I could understand. David Lagercrantz
Good Great Thought Stupid Met Arrogant Great Guy Security Find Follow Some About Guy Could Hackers He Talking Because Understand Hire Were Lot Very Holes Explaining Them Then Companies Whom
A supervillain must continue to exist. David Lagercrantz
Must Continue Exist
All I wanted to do was to follow my passion and tell a good story. David Lagercrantz
Good Passion Tell Follow Good Story Wanted Story
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
You Crime Plot Characters Worthy Write Obsessed Course Going Novel Need

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