Janine di Giovanni

When I did a year-long study in 2005 of European countries integrating Muslims into their cultures, France came in the lowest of…

— Janine di Giovanni

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

— Janine di Giovanni

In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get…

— Janine di Giovanni

In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.

— Janine di Giovanni

Occupy Wall Street was a disorganized movement without a clear focus and power base - essential in any successful revolution - but…

— Janine di Giovanni

My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last -…

— Janine di Giovanni

There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the…

— Janine di Giovanni

I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.

— Janine di Giovanni

“A few years back, I had a long session with a psychiatrist who was conducting a study on post-traumatic stress disorder and…

— Janine Di Giovanni

It's hard for the Catholic Church to accept change. When the mass was no longer said in Latin, loyalists went into mourning…

— Janine di Giovanni

It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under their mattress. It's not…

— Janine di Giovanni

The pope is an intelligent man and realizes that time marches on. He says the Church has a long way to go…

— Janine di Giovanni

During war time, when people were injured, I was really frustrated I did not become a doctor. It's painful not being able…

— Janine di Giovanni

Hats, giant shades and 60-plus sunblock are part of my summer repertoire. I don't want wrinkles, but it's skin cancer I truly…

— Janine di Giovanni

I love magazines. I always read 'Time,' 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist.' When I get my hair cut, French 'Vogue,' French 'Elle,' 'Paris…

— Janine di Giovanni

I'm not sure that finding a husband at university made me any less of a feminist or an academic. I still soaked…

— Janine di Giovanni

In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.

— Janine di Giovanni

When the body breaks down, it does not all go at once; it goes piece by piece.

— Janine di Giovanni

I never set out to be a journalist. I wanted to be a humanitarian doctor like Albert Schweitzer, working in Africa.

— Janine di Giovanni

Posttraumatic stress is something that's always existed. I think that the earliest recording was during the Trojan War, but it's only recently…

— Janine di Giovanni

“While I was lying on the floor, they stood over me, kicking me in the teeth and punching me and using their…

— Janine Di Giovanni

It's always disappointing to come across phony do-gooders. And it's easy to scoff at celebrities working in war zones.

— Janine di Giovanni

Nonviolence worked in Serbia, and it can work in other countries seeking their freedom.

— Janine di Giovanni

There are people who are seekers and people who aren't.

— Janine di Giovanni

Paris certainly needs to promote itself. Although still the most visited city in the world, it has fallen behind London and Berlin…

— Janine di Giovanni