Quotes By Asne Seierstad
There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.
Asne Seierstad
If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.
Asne Seierstad
When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.
Asne Seierstad
As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.
Asne Seierstad
The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name.
Asne Seierstad
If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.
Asne Seierstad
The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.
Asne Seierstad