Asne Seierstad Quotes

Norway, Journalist
February 10, 1970

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.

Also known as Writer

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

Asne Seierstad
- Important
- Country
- Family
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
- Writing
- Society

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
- Life
- Important
- Family
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
- War
- Hand
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
- Fear
There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

Asne Seierstad
- Different
- Book
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
- Important
- Writing
- Money
If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead.

Asne Seierstad
- Reality

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

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

Asne Seierstad
- Family
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.

Asne Seierstad
- Risk