When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.
Asne SeierstadIf you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you.
Asne SeierstadI 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 SeierstadI 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.
Asne Seierstad