He spent the three-year siege of Sarajevo in the town, refusing all offers to leave it: "there were moments in which I thought that Sarajevo only had one chance over hundreds to survive.
Boravio je u gradu tokom trogodišnje opsade, odbijajući sve ponude da ga napusti (sledi izjava za Libération): „... postojali su momenti u kojima sam mislio da je Sarajevo imalo samo jednopostotnu šansu da preživi.