27+ Asne Seierstad Quotes On Investigative, Passionate And Intrepid

Asne Seierstad is a Norwegian journalist and author. She is best known for her books about foreign cultures and conflicts, such as The Bookseller of Kabul and Angel of Grozny. Seierstad has won several awards for her work, including the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and the Brage Prize. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Asne Seierstad on love, investigative, passionate.

Top 10 Asne Seierstad Quotes

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. We have believing in this innocent feeling of nothing will ever happen to us, because all catastrophes always broad and happening to anyone else.
4. When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.
5. I was thinking, there are 5 million people, and I am just one of those 5 million. In the build-up to the war you see children playing in the street, and you think, ah, I'm going to be okay.
6. If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.
7. There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.
8. I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.
9. I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.
10. Being a war correspondent, and having covered four wars, I know that wars very seldom solve things.

Asne Seierstad Short Quotes

• If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead.
• Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children.
• If you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you.
• I'm trying to see my own country with fresh eyes.
• As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.
• We don't grow up in vacuums. We grow up in societies.

Asne Seierstad Quotes About Important

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

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. — Asne Seierstad

Asne Seierstad Famous Quotes And Sayings

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 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. — Asne Seierstad

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

There are personal reasons, psychological reasons, but there could also be political reasons for becoming a terrorist. — Asne Seierstad

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

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

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

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

Life Lessons by Asne Seierstad

1. Asne Seierstad's work demonstrates the power of investigative journalism to uncover stories that would otherwise remain hidden.
2. She has shown that even in the face of danger and adversity, it is possible to tell the stories of those who are marginalised and overlooked.
3. Her work has highlighted the importance of speaking truth to power, and the need for journalists to take responsibility for their reporting.