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

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.

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.

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

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.