“My father had the rare ability to make others feel as though they were the one and only. That they were seen, heard, chosen. He would take you by the hand and say, Come with me, and for a brief or a long moment you might think you were the first person he has ever said this to. That it was you and him against the world.” FatherEmotionCommunicationConnectionIngmar Bergman Book:Unquiet Source: Unquiet
“Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.” WayWritingRolesFolksTalesOne WayFairyFairy Tale Author:Linn Ullmann
“Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at the same time, I want precision. And in order to be precise about stuff, you have to get personal. Symbolism is very boring.” WayWantDifferentStoriesOrderStuffPerspectiveBoringGenreNovelistsPrecisePrecisionSymbolismTelling StoriesPerksDifferent Genres Author:Linn Ullmann
“I began writing The Cold Song in the months following my fathers death, when I felt this sense of loss, disappearance, of being right in the middle of life and wondering: What now? How to proceed?” WritingSongFatherFeltLossWonderMiddleMonthsColdFollowingDisappearanceOld Song Author:Linn Ullmann
“When you're not writing, you're not doing anything else either because everything you do goes into the writing.” Writing Author:Linn Ullmann
