Quotes by Asne Seierstad

About Asne Seierstad:

Åsne Seierstad 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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In Afghanistan a woman’s longing for love is taboo. It is forbidden by the tribes’ notion of honor and by the mullahs. Young people have no right to meet, to love, or to choose. Love has little to do with romance; on the contrary, love can be int...

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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'.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead.

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

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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.

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Under a bad leadership Serbs are capable of committing the most terrible atrocities; under good leaders we can do great deeds. It's like a field - if it's not cared for, the weeds will take over. But if you tend it, water and feed the seeds, you will...

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameAsne Seierstad
  • DescriptionNorwegian journalist and author
  • BornFebruary 10, 1970
  • CountryNorway
  • ProfessionJournalist; Writer
  • AwardsNorwegian Booksellers' Prize; ; Peer Gynt Literary Award