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Asne Seierstad Quotes

Norwegian - Journalist | February 10, 1970 -

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

Change Book Nothing Write Different

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.

Woman War Glass Hand First Sit

If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead.

Me Reality Will Dead Leave Really

When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.

Fear Body Out Take Stay Decided

The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'.

Family Culture Society Constitution

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.

Writing Society Lose Way Okay Write

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

Family Understand Afghanistan Afghan

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.

Money Writing Book Down Important

If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.

Impossible Name Difficult Been Would

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.

Name Someone Privacy Will Risk Your

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.

Life Family Book Fall Important

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