“I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one.” Quote by Michael Helm
“I just write what I want to read, and sometimes keeping it interesting means adding one more element that ends up adding another year to the work.” WantWritingYearsMeanEndsSometimesInterestingElementsAnother Year Author:Michael Helm
“When I was in my late teens I was already interested in philosophy.” PhilosophyLateTeens Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I wanted to know what it means to know something, whether we can know at all, and, if so, how.” IfsKnowsMeanWanted Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I was conscripted to military service, and my gut feeling was to refuse to serve. I did not want to kill other people. This seemed to me wrong, if not in principle, so at least in practice.” PeopleIfsWantFeelingsPrinciplesPracticeMilitaryRefuseGutsGut FeelingsMilitary Service Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“The kind of values for which I was supposed to kill, such as democracy and national independence, were better served, I thought, through non-violent action.” KindActionValuesDemocracyIndependenceViolentNon Violent Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“How could it be that I had a legal obligation to kill people I did not know, and who did certainly not consent to it, while my father's doctor could not help my father to die when my farther asked for it? My consternation brought me to moral philosophy and a life-long search for an answer to the question when and why we should, and when we shouldn't, kill.” PeopleKnowsShouldLongPhilosophyHelpingDiesFatherAnswersMoralDoctorsObligationConsentLong LifeMoral PhilosophyConsternation Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I believe that one basic question, what we ought to do, period (the moral question), is a genuine one. There exists a true answer to it, which is independent of our thought and conceptualisation.” BelieveI BelieveAnswersMoralOughtPeriodsIndependentGenuineOur Thoughts Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo