Asne Seierstad quotes

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

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

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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

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'.

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

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.

Asne Seierstad

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

Asne Seierstad

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

Asne Seierstad

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

Asne Seierstad

Asne Seierstad

Asne Seierstad - Image

Photo: Jarvin, CC BY-SA 3.0

Occupation: Norwegian Journalist
Born: February 10, 1970
Quotes count: 10

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