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.

There is no journalist without opinions, and there's no real objectivity, but we can strive toward it.

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.

As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

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

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

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.