“ Do you want to know how to write novels? I’ll tell you the secret: start on page one and keep going, in order, until you come to the last page. Then stop. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ Everybody comes to the library naked. That's why they come here - to dress themselves in books. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ Ella had asked the writer how it felt to see her own works published. Seläntö had smiled sweetly at her and whispered, “You know what? It makes you understand why a dog eats its own vomit. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ Besides, I don’t understand people who read a book for pleasure and then ruminate on the book’s ideas. Paper was invented so we wouldn’t have to keep all those thoughts in our heads. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ Even the best cook can’t make chicken soup out of his own feet. There aren’t so terribly many ingredients in anyone’s life, less meat than there is on a sparrow. The average person could come up with… Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ I would be happy to take credit for all of the wonderful experiences I describe in my novels, but my life isn’t quite that rich. Unfortunately we authors are sometimes forced to use other people’s liv… Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ Are writers the torchbearers of humanity? It’s a romantic idea, but it’s complete rubbish. We writers are the crocodiles in the river. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ Her works are said to be too far from reality to be considered real literature. “Why doesn’t she write about life?” the people of Rabbit Back ask. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ Amateur detectives in fiction had always annoyed Ella. They were so unrealistic. She didn’t intend to be the Rabbit Back version of Miss Marple or a cheap Baker Street knock-off, and she really didn’t… Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
“ Later she came to realise that under one reality there’s always another. And another one under that. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
