I've read that it's the smell some carnivores use to find their prey. Imagine the trembling victim trying to hide, but knowing that the smell of its own fear will kill it. Jo Nesbo More Quotes by Jo Nesbo More Quotes From Jo Nesbo For me, the best places to write are on planes, trains and at airports. Not hotel rooms but hotel lobbies. I'm really happy when I'm waiting for a plane and the message comes that it's three hours late. Great, I'll get to write! Jo Nesbo hotel-lobby airports writing They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction. Jo Nesbo writing fiction thinking The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway. Jo Nesbo maradona norway lost I was a really bad taxi driver. I only collided twice but it was one time too much. Jo Nesbo taxi drivers too-much The stock market to me was like a video game. When it went off, it was like turning the game off. It wasn't something I'd think about until I'd turn the machine on again. Jo Nesbo video games thinking I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect. Jo Nesbo selfish heart thinking A moral person is someone who accepts the consequences of their own morality, not those of others. Jo Nesbo morality accepting persons Everyone knew that fat had become the new cancer, yet they bellyached about the dieting hysteria and applauded the "real" women's body. As though doing no exercise and being overfed was some kind of sensible mold. Jo Nesbo cancer real exercise Some artists see a gig as an audience worshipping them. I think it is about having a great time together. I have a part as the singer. An audience has a part. Playing a gig doesn't make me high on myself. Jo Nesbo artist together thinking I was sleeping in a water bed for a couple of years, recommended by my doctor. I was never comfortable in that water bed. In the middle of the night you would hear something happening - water and bubbles. I would always think there was some intelligent life in the water bed. Jo Nesbo intelligent couple sleep I think I was righteous. I saw myself as the good guy in my own movie. I didn't get into many fights when I was younger, but when I did, they were righteous. I always thought I was defending something good. I fought for friends who couldn't fight for themselves. I was still being selfish and arrogant, but I was focused on what was fair and unfair. Jo Nesbo selfish fighting thinking I have to feel that I'm going somewhere all the time. By definition, if you have this urge to go places, then you can't be 100 percent happy where you are. It's not like I enjoy being miserable for weeks on end. But I think it's good to be miserable for about one day every third week - that's ideal for me. Jo Nesbo definitions one-day thinking Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel. Jo Nesbo teens novel writing My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I wasn't a great crime reader to begin with. Jo Nesbo crime influence writing I feel more related to some American crime writers than I do to Stieg Larsson. Jo Nesbo related crime feels Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia from the kiosks and into the serious bookstores. Jo Nesbo crime-novels bookstores serious Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it's changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water's edge. Jo Nesbo house water museums All my friends who wanted to write had got nowhere trying to write the great European novel. So I deliberately steered clear of that and set out to write something story-led. Jo Nesbo stories writing trying ...he went into the sitting room, put on a Duke Ellington record he had bought after seeing Gene Hackman sitting on the overnight bus in The Conversation to the sound of some fragile piano notes that were the loneliest Harry had ever heard. Jo Nesbo piano sitting sound All interesting heroes have an Achilles heel. Jo Nesbo achilles hero interesting
