To be a good reporter, writing about war, you have to write about the people. It's not about the tanks or the… — 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… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
I know being pregnant and giving birth is the most wonderful thing on Earth. I know that after you have a baby,… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
I have never been embedded with the American army or, you know, with the big war machine. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a… — 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
