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

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

Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children.

Being a war correspondent, and having covered four wars, I know that wars very seldom solve things.

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

I always try to describe the situation just as it is. I try to find sentences that I believe tell the story best. Even my articles are more literary than ordinary news stories.

I was thinking, there are 5 million people, and I am just one of those 5 million. In the build-up to the war you see children playing in the street, and you think, ah, I'm going to be okay.