I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book and suddenly make up her mind about the war. I want to write for everybody.

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.

I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.

If you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you.

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.

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

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.