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I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets. (Etgar Keret)
My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime. View quote
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I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic. View quote
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I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present. View quote
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The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about. View quote
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For me taking a pragmatic decision when it comes to art is almost an oxymoron. The reason I first picked up a pen and wrote a story had nothing pragmatic in it. View quote
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Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience. View quote
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Hebrew was frozen, like frozen peas, fresh out of the Bible. View quote
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Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history. View quote
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I'm not saying that I don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is the place where we can try to be human. View quote
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Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different life, it just means that you're hungry for life. There are so many things you want to do. (Etgar Keret)
Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump. View quote
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The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more so. View quote
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I really believe hatred is not a primal emotion, in that you can't find it in nature. It's basically some kind of distortion of fear. View quote
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There were lots of lies along the way in life. Lies without arms, lies that were ill, lies that did harm, lies that could kill. Lies on foot, or behind the wheel, black-tie lies, and lies that could steal. View quote
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Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew? View quote
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Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort of an unpragmatic dialogue with my neighbors. View quote
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In my stories I can kiss the girls I want to kiss and punch the girls I want to punch. Nobody pays a price for it. View quote
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Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say. View quote
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As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them happy. View quote
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You don't need to use the language of God to ask where the restrooms are. (Etgar Keret)
I never know the endings when I write. It's a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive to write when you already know. It's like seeing a movie a second time. View quote
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I think that, in Hebrew, it's like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story. View quote
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People usually don't allow you to cut off their tongue. View quote
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I think that, in Israel, the greatest fear that people have, and I have it, too, is fear of genocide. View quote
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