All my writing-life people kept telling me that I should stop writing short stories and start writing novels: my agent, my Israeli… — 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
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
“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
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
“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
“And suddenly the driver remembered how he'd once promised himself that if he became God in the end, he'd be merciful and… — Etgar Keret Humanity Copy Share Image
I think that any authentic feeling one has of life should be a feeling of defeat. It's a losing game. You're going… — Etgar Keret Assyrians Copy Share Image
“Dad said I had no respect for money and that if I didn't learn when I was little when was I going… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Even as a very young man, I knew that my family is like a plant. Uproot it, and it will wilt. Pluck… — 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 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
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
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
Being ambivalent doesn't mean that you're a relevatist, that anything goes; it just means that you show the complexity of life. Life… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
There were lots of lies along the way in life. Lies without arms, lies that were ill, lies that did harm, lies… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
You take a book, and what can you do with a book? Can you cook an egg on a book? No. Can… — Etgar Keret Book Copy Share Image
“Me, when it comes to religion, I have no God. When I'm cool, I don't need anyone, and when I'm feeling shitty… — Etgar Keret Atheism Copy Share Image
I have to admit that talking authoritatively about my students' stories can make me feel, at times, like an astronaut who has… — Etgar Keret Astronaut Copy Share Image
“Ehud was tall and strong and was always quiet. Lots of people thought that Ehud was quiet because he was stupid. That… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“And when they started moving, he looked in the rear-view mirror and gave Eddie a sad wink, which somehow made the whole… — Etgar Keret Humanity Copy Share Image
Generally, all my life, I have had strong friction with life - I was a problematic soldier, I was kicked out of… — Etgar Keret Army Copy Share Image
Making up characters and places and plots, unlike fixing your plumbing or doing dishes, is anything but practical or rational. I write… — Etgar Keret Character Copy Share Image
I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is… — Etgar Keret Character Copy Share Image
“When you say I love you very much , and your asthma's attack occurs, there is no time for palaver because instead… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“Dice que no la amo de verdad. Que digo que la quiero, que creo que la quiero, pero que no. He oído… — Etgar Keret Amor Copy Share Image
I've always had a very developed superego. I also had a very powerful id, but there was no ego in the middle.… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
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