The beautiful thing is I have sort of grown up. I don't care if I'm highbrow or not anymore. 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 hediscussionintellectualfather 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 dinnerhomefatherworld 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 sayingbestbadyou I have this reporter's temperament still in me - I thrive under pressure. David Lagercrantz stillmethrivepressure 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 riveralcoholproblemsimple
