As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

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.

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

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

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.

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