"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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Source : "Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad: 'It's not possible to write a neutral story'". Interview with Amelia Hill, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2010.

Asne Seierstad

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“You want me to say something? Okay. Sometimes I think I am what you made me. And sometimes I donâ€™t know who I am at all. And either way Iâ€™m not happy.”
“The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure.”
“You want to give me chocolate and flowers? That would be great. I love them both. I just don't want them out of guilt, and I don't want them if you're not going to give them to all the people who helped mother our children.”
“We have the Noble Desire to help others and benefit the world, without expecting any return or recognition. What makes us great is not our knowledge, skill, money, or power. What makes us great is not our knowledge, skill, money, or power. What makes us truly great is this noble desire, this passion that transcends all separation, goes beyond one's limitations, and wants to hug others and embrace the whole world. This is not something that we need to learn, because we already have it. It just needs to be acknowledged and awakened.”
“My ex-wife has never broken 150. I wish she would stop telling people I taught her how to play golf.”
“Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.”
“Occasionally, I go off the rails. I once nearly killed somebody once - it wasn't funny. I am a lunatic. The pressure of work, the pressure - everyone has a stop valve, and I don't have one.”
“Stop the life cycle-I want to get off!”

Source : "A spiral model of software development and enhancement". "Computer" 21.5: 61-72, 1988.

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