Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together. David Lagercrantz More Quotes by David Lagercrantz More Quotes From David Lagercrantz 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 he discussion intellectual father 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 dinner home father world 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 saying best bad you I have this reporter's temperament still in me - I thrive under pressure. David Lagercrantz still me thrive pressure 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 river alcohol problem simple
