Author: Asne Seierstad

Quotes

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

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

- Asne Seierstad

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

- Asne Seierstad

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

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

- Asne Seierstad

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 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

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.

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.

- Asne Seierstad

The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.

The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.

- Asne Seierstad

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.

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.

- Asne Seierstad

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