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

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 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.

As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence.

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

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

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