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

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.

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

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

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.