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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

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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

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The real demon in my life is my father. David Lagercrantz

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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A supervillain must continue to exist. David Lagercrantz

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All I wanted to do was to follow my passion and tell a good story. David Lagercrantz

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I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the story itself that will carry me, and the reader, from beginning to end. Second, the story has to weave through larger themes that can illuminate the world of the subject. David Maraniss

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I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject - the cultural and sociological geography - to capture them in a way that will explain them no matter what they are doing. David Maraniss

I want to write for history, not for the moment. David Maraniss

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I discovered in writing the biography of Bill Clinton that it is actually easier to write a biography of someone who is dead. Although you can't interview them, you have a fuller perspective on their whole life after they're gone and people are more willing to talk about them. David Maraniss

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The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players. David Maraniss

People always try to separate the good from the bad in Clinton and say that, if he had not done certain things, he would have been a great president. But you can't do that. Those were his major characteristics. David Maraniss

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I feel that every day, all of us now are being blasted by information design. It's being poured into our eyes through the Web, and we're all visualizers now; we're all demanding a visual aspect to our information. There's something almost quite magical about visual information. It's effortless; it literally pours in. David McCandless

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