Maj Sjowall Quotes

Swedish - Author September 25, 1935

When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

Life Mother Marriage Children Apartment Realised Summer Did Had House Live School

You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.

We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

Money Night Lie Problems Awake Rent Wondering Always Had How Pay Sometimes Would

People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.

People Political More Than Mysteries Read

I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.

Good Time World Bad Crime Novels Time Reading Books Like Many Reading Spend Want

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