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.

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

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.

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.

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

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