I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort. — Asne Seierstad
If you’ve lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you’re used to people lying to you. — Asne Seierstad
There are personal reasons, psychological reasons, but there could also be political — Asne Seierstad
As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get. — 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
If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist. — Asne Seierstad
I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and — Asne Seierstad
The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone’s privacy — Asne Seierstad
As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand — 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
The book came after the fall of the taliban, it says something about afghan family life. — Asne Seierstad
There is nothing I would change – to change it I would have had to write a totally different book. — Asne Seierstad