Phrase by 'Maj Sjowall'

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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.

Author: Maj Sjowall - Swedish Author
  Me , Myself , Girl , Attitude


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.

Author: Maj Sjowall - Swedish Author
  Time , World , Good , Reading


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.

Author: Maj Sjowall - Swedish Author
  People , View , Society , Poverty


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

Author: Maj Sjowall - Swedish Author
  Life , Children , Marriage , Mother


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

Author: Maj Sjowall - Swedish Author
  Lie , Money , Problems , Night


People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.

Author: Maj Sjowall - Swedish Author
  More , People , Political , Than


Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.

Author: Maj Sjowall - Swedish Author
  Others , Country , Small , Quit


There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'

Author: Maj Sjowall - Swedish Author
  Cinema , Man , Television , Director


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