I live with one foot in the sand and one in the snow. There's European egocentricity, and the African opposite. I normally say that my African experience has made me a better European. Henning Mankell More Quotes by Henning Mankell More Quotes From Henning Mankell What annoys a person who suicides? The life itself. Boredom. Tiredness that descends on every morning when you look at yourself at the mirror. Henning Mankell mirrors suicide morning It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky like that, I wish I could write music Henning Mankell sky writing night Many words will be written on the wind and the sand, or end up in some obscure digital vault. But the storytelling will go on until the last human being stops listening. Then we can send the great chronicle of humanity out into the endless universe. Henning Mankell humanity listening wind When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer. Henning Mankell lists novel answers It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might be Homo narrans, the storytelling person. What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people’s dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats–and they in turn can listen to ours. Henning Mankell dream animal men Certainly, I know what it's like to be obsessed. I haven't always been there for my children. They could reach me, but I wasn't always there. But, you know, that's not necessarily anything to do with being a writer. I mean, a taxi driver could have the same problem... Maybe. Henning Mankell problem mean children I'm not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative. Henning Mankell reader I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don't regret anything about that - on the contrary! Henning Mankell regret giving thinking I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world. Henning Mankell seeing earth world When I was a very young author, I knew I needed to build myself a tower outside of Europe. Like when you're a hunter, and build towers to watch the animals move. I knew I would never understand the world without that perspective. I came to Africa for that rational reason, although I love Mozambique now. Henning Mankell animal europe moving My mother did what many men do. She left. Henning Mankell left mother men He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life. Henning Mankell polite humiliation We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings. Henning Mankell shooting wings bird For me Oliver Twist is a political novel. It is a furious critique of the treatment of orphans and poor children who were forced to spend their early lives in ghastly institutions. Henning Mankell widows-and-orphans political children Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee," Wallander said. "No work would be possible without coffee." They pondered the importance of coffee in silence. Henning Mankell police-work coffee silence We only have the past that we have. Not all of our deeds were incorrect. Henning Mankell deeds past Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people. Henning Mankell form wise people The evil always comes from details. Henning Mankell details evil I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways. Henning Mankell awful different way Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there one day. Henning Mankell exotic-places one-day world
