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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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