Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell
Henning Georg Mankellwas a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 February 1948
CountrySweden
silence together able
Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.
dream opportunity reality
Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.
home roots grows
You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.
secret burden persons
Every secret we confide in another person can be a burden to them
mistake information-knowledge people
Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.
giving-up mean justice
Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.
arguing
We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.
people shadow people-leaving
People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.
paradise doe hell
I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.
enjoyed love main quite shakespeare supposed sure
I'm quite sure Shakespeare enjoyed writing Iago much more than he did writing Othello. If you write about someone you love, what the hell are you supposed to say about that person? It's much better to have something between you and your main character that grates.
change create driving force form small solidarity work
The fundamental driving force for me is to create a change in the world we live in... It is about exploitation, plundering and degradation. I have a small possibility to participate in the resistance. Most of the things that I do are part of a resistance, a form of solidarity work.
dream men animal
It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might be Homo narrans, the storytelling person. What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people’s dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats–and they in turn can listen to ours.
dream men animal
It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might be Homo narrans, the storytelling person. What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people’s dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats–and they in turn can listen to ours.