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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

Topics: Cultural Discussion Editor Father He Huge Influential Intellectual Main Papers Players Sweden

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We had all these famous writers in Sweden and from all over the world home at dinner. I wanted to be a writer, and I wanted to be a highbrow writer as my father. He never, ever read anything like crime novels. He wrote biographies of Dante, James Joyce, August Strindberg and Joseph Conrad.

~David Lagercrantz

Topics: Anything August Biographies Crime Dinner Ever Famous Father Had He Home James Joseph Joyce Like Never Novels Over Read Sweden Wanted World Writer Writers Wrote

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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

Topics: Bad Bad Idea Best Find Idea Just Person Saying Search Who Writer You

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

~David Lagercrantz

Topics: Me Pressure Reporter Still Temperament Thrive

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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

Topics: Alcohol Conventional Corpse Crime Detective Just Problem River Simple Something Story

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I'm not a secretive guy. I'm talkative.

~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

Topics: Actually Capacity Computer Computers Day Development Eight Every Exponential Intelligent Months More One Day Real Than Think Threat Us Will I Think

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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

Topics: Also Always Capture Certainly Complexity Eye Father Good Heaven Life Matter Quality Read See Sell Want Write You

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

~David Lagercrantz

Topics: Book Compensate Lousy Me Money World Would Writing

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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

Topics: About Arrogant Because Companies Could Explaining Find Follow Good Great Great Guy Guy Hackers He Hire Holes Lot Met Security Some Stupid Talking Them Then Thought Understand Very Were Whom

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Journalist

Born: September 4th, 1962

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