Henning Mankell Quotes

Sex might satisfy, food might fuel, love might sustain, but without coffee, what is the point?

Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee.

They pondered the importance of coffee in silence.

I can't imagine a day without coffee. I can't imagine!

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn't write.

I love Starbucks. Maybe that's a bit sad. But I definitely need my caffeine. It's what gets me out of bed in the morning.

Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.

Without coffee something’s missing

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure.

I'm not a big drinker, but coffee is important to me.

Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.

Coffee is the highlight of my day. After coffee everything is downhill.

Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.

I love coffee. I love a midday espresso on set, just for the energy.

I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.

...life without coffee is not really life.

I work in silence.

I'm a very early riser, and so I like to get up and try hard to write before the day even really gets started. Just me and a pot of coffee - I find I can get a lot done that way.

I wake up at 4:15 A.M., get some coffee, turn on the news, see what's happening, go clickety-clack on the web to see what I missed overnight. Then I go to the gym, around 5:15, and I do what appears to be a very light workout, but who cares. I'm socializing with other nice people at the gym. Then I go into work, and I'm really awake.

I tend to work in coffee shops. I need to get out of the house, and, well, I need the coffee.

I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day's work. I can't be to parties where the noise tires me. I can't speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm.

I start every morning at 7 or 7:30 in the same place - my little office where it's dark and cozy - with a cup of the same really strong black coffee. It's my little cocoon. There's no phone or fax or Internet. And no music.

I try to keep a regular work schedule.

Life's too short for bad coffee.