They Tortured Him for Years. Now They Rule Syria.

2981.18 - 3002.153 Theo Padnos

Probably during the captivity because it's like I so much believed that I was not going to come out of this alive. I gave up on ever coming back to America. I went in kind of thinking, you know what, I'm a writer. I'm like a journalist. This is sort of what I do. I'm good at this shit. And within maybe a few weeks, I'm like, okay, I don't need that stuff. I don't need that stuff. Who cares?