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Asne Seierstad Biography

Åsne Seierstad (born 10 February 1970) is a Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones – most notably Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in 2002 and the ruined Grozny in 2006.

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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.

Book, Writing, Important, Lay, Write, Court

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.

Book, Lose, Okay, Way, Writing

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.

Accused, Invading, Mean, Names, Risk, Stick

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

Afraid, Start, Think, Thinking, Time, Time To Leave

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

Accept, Accepting, Men, Violence

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

Children, War, Care, Clothe

There is no journalist without opinions, and there's no real objectivity, but we can strive toward it.

Objectivity, Opinion, Real, Strive

I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.

Believe, Consequences, Lasts, War

I'm trying to see my own country with fresh eyes.

Country, Eye, Eyes, Fresh, Trying

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

Names, Impossible, Difficult, Cleared, Continue

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

Afghan, Afghanistan, Ifs, Understand

The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the countrys constitution as the fundamental pillar of society.

Culture, Family, Fundamentals, Important, Pillar, Single

It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in.

Country, Looking, Outsider, Outsiders, Write, Writing

We have believing in this innocent feeling of nothing will ever happen to us, because all catastrophes always broad and happening to anyone else.

Believe, Feeling, Feelings, Happen, Innocent

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.

Front, Glasses, Hands, Officers, Vodka, War

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.

Articles, Believe, Literary, News Stories, Situation, Trying

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.

Book, Everybody, Read, Think, War, Writing

We don't grow up in vacuums. We grow up in societies.

Grow, Growing Up, Grows, Societies, Vacuums

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