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

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.

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.

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

The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name.

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.

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