I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.

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

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

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.

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