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 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.

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

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

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 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.