“I look forward to seeing more of this author's writings. Linda Strong”

“I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.”

“Writers, naturally, dream of becoming authors. Authors dream of writing a bestseller. Bestselling authors want to write more bestsellers. And everyone hopes for big prizes. Why? Because we believe in magic." Publisher's Weekly magazine, Dec. 12, 2011”

“I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.”

“Write from the heart. A book without a pulse is like a person without a spirit." Linda Radke, President of Five Star Publications”

“I can still remember the miraculous feeling of writing a sentence, then more sentences, telling a story. The first thing I wrote was a one-page summary of Robinson Crusoe and I am so sorry I do not have it any more; it was at that moment I became an author."[As quoted in the author biography on Mankell's official website.]”