Being a war correspondent, and having covered four wars, I know that wars very seldom solve things.

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

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

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

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

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