It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Sometimes the stories are smarter than me, and suddenly these things start to make sense. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more… — Etgar Keret Amazing things Copy Share Image
As the son of Holocaust survivors, this is life - you're put in a corner, and you have to get out. I… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the… — Etgar Keret Happiness Copy Share Image
When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself. — Etgar Keret Communication Copy Share Image
It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in the objective… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“Experience has taught me that there are some situations in which it's better to keep quiet. That is, I tried to keep… — Etgar Keret Advice Copy Share Image
“Thirty miles is a long way, even by car, and on foot it’s a thousand times more, especially for a dog, whose… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to make my parents happy. I'd always say to them, "What do you want me… — Etgar Keret Alive Copy Share Image
Nobody else in the world would look at writing as craftsmanship - it's totally this Protestant hardworking ethic. You go into this… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I never know the endings when I write. It's a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“Say,' Uzi pressed on, 'is it true that when you people go out on a job they promise you seventy nymphomaniac virgins… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I have always thought that Heaven is a place for people who had had a good life, but that is not true.… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop… — Etgar Keret Another year Copy Share Image
I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Most of them were murderers. But when I went there to talk, they were the nicest people. I did a reading. I… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
When my works are being translated, I always get this question from my translators: Up or down? Which means, should it sound… — Etgar Keret Biblical Copy Share Image
When I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when I write,… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that I don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is… — Etgar Keret Alienation Copy Share Image
Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
When I say a spoken Hebrew sentence, half of it is like the King James Bible and half of it is a… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory. — Etgar Keret Army Copy Share Image
I think living in Israel and wanting to change reality is the best prescription for never-ending writer's block. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Etgar means "challenge." And my family name is Keret, which means "urban." So my name is "urban challenge." My joke is, it's… — Etgar Keret Birth Copy Share Image
“He invented ordinary things, and I stress, ordinary. Not brilliant, just ordinary, and that's exactly what humanity needs. Brilliant inventions might be… — Etgar Keret Brilliance Copy Share Image
“Until he turned twelve, Nimrod was a shitty person. The kind of whiner that, if he wasn’t your best friend, you’d have… — Etgar Keret Bar mitzvah Copy Share Image
When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share something… — Etgar Keret Books Copy Share Image
I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I remember a point in [writing] the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces… — Etgar Keret Boredom Copy Share Image
“To vanquish the emptiness, I have strategems. I listen to music for countless hours. The music fills not only me, but the… — Etgar Keret Emptiness Copy Share Image
“Kids who get Bart Simpson dolls too easily grow up to be punks who steal from candy stores, because they're used to… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
For me taking a pragmatic decision when it comes to art is almost an oxymoron. The reason I first picked up a… — Etgar Keret Art Copy Share Image
I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic. — Etgar Keret Army Copy Share Image
I see creative-writing classes as some sort of AA meeting. It is more of a support group for people who write than… — Etgar Keret Aa meeting Copy Share Image
![“When I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when I write, I really want to find out what is going on-I'm writing for myself as a reader. It's like when you dream a dream. I want to know what's behind the door. If I navigate, it's from a place that's…” quote by Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c0d/etgar-keret-2656_behinds_when-i-write-i-never-know-the-endings-wh_1886521.png)
![“I remember a point in [writing] the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."” quote by Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1be/etgar-keret-2656_goes-on_i-remember-a-point-in-writing-the-story_1222083.png)
