Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children.
Asne SeierstadAs 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.
Asne SeierstadI was thinking, there are 5 million people, and I am just one of those 5 million. In the build-up to the war you see children playing in the street, and you think, ah, I'm going to be okay.
Asne SeierstadIf I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.
Asne Seierstad