To be a good reporter, writing about war, you have to write about the people. It's not about the tanks or the RPGs or military strategy. It's always about the effect war has on civilians, on society, and how it… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and you research and put a book together the way you would a jigsaw puzzle. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
When I did a year-long study in 2005 of European countries integrating Muslims into their cultures, France came in the lowest of the rank.… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
Occupy Wall Street was a disorganized movement without a clear focus and power base - essential in any successful revolution - but the message… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last - me - at 42. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
“A few years back, I had a long session with a psychiatrist who was conducting a study on post-traumatic stress disorder and its effects… — Janine Di Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's hard for the Catholic Church to accept change. When the mass was no longer said in Latin, loyalists went into mourning for years. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under their mattress. It's not that they… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
The pope is an intelligent man and realizes that time marches on. He says the Church has a long way to go in developing… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
