Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children.

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

As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence.

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

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.

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.