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title: "13 Kind Quotes By Etgar Keret"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-really-believe-hatred-is-not-a-primal-emotion-in-that-you-can-t/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/etgar-keret-2656_believe_i-really-believe-hatred-is-not-a-primal_744982.png)

> [I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-think-that-becoming-a-parent-kind-of-made-me-try-to-be-more/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/etgar-keret-2656_becoming_i-think-that-becoming-a-parent-kind-of-m_910666.png)

> [I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-think-that-before-my-son-was-born-i-didn-t-have-a-strong-sensation/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/etgar-keret-2656_born_i-think-that-before-my-son-was-born-i-di_748589.png)

> [Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/writing-a-story-is-kind-of-like-surfing-as-opposed-to-the-novel-where/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/etgar-keret-2656_books_writing-a-story-is-kind-of-like-surfing_3052360.jpg)

> [It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/it-s-kind-of-a-reflex-for-me-to-ignore-my-own-wishes-and-think-about/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/etgar-keret-2656_firsts_it-s-kind-of-a-reflex-for-me-to-ignore-m_2281752.png)

> [I like smoking pot, but I'm not the kind of guy who smokes every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-like-smoking-pot-but-i-m-not-the-kind-of-guy-who-smokes-every-day/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/etgar-keret-2656_every-day_i-like-smoking-pot-but-i-m-not-the-kind_136129.png)

> [I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-usually-start-writing-stories-from-tone-and-not-from-content-kind/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/etgar-keret-2656_happiness_i-usually-start-writing-stories-from-ton_27839.png)

> [There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-those-who-like-to-sleep-next-to-the/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/etgar-keret-2656_bed_there-are-two-kinds-of-people-those-who_2631438.png)

> [Nobody else in the world would look at writing as craftsmanship - it's totally this Protestant hardworking ethic. You go into this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/nobody-else-in-the-world-would-look-at-writing-as-craftsmanship-it-s/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/etgar-keret-2656_all-kinds_nobody-else-in-the-world-would-look-at-w_1982461.png)

> [You take a book, and what can you do with a book? Can you cook an egg on a book? No. Can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/you-take-a-book-and-what-can-you-do-with-a-book-can-you-cook-an-egg/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/etgar-keret-2656_book_you-take-a-book-and-what-can-you-do-with_2529435.jpg)

> [What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/what-happens-when-you-speak-colloquial-hebrew-is-you-switch-between/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/etgar-keret-2656_biblical_what-happens-when-you-speak-colloquial-h_2868894.jpg)

> [I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-tried-once-in-my-life-to-write-a-novel-i-had-written-something-like/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/etgar-keret-2656_another-year_i-tried-once-in-my-life-to-write-a-novel_2548814.png)

> [I'm not saying that I don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-m-not-saying-that-i-don-t-experience-people-in-life-as-evil-but/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/etgar-keret-2656_alienation_i-m-not-saying-that-i-don-t-experience-p_1066645.jpg)

## Other authors on Kind

## More by Etgar Keret

> [“There should be an age limit for patients, he thinks as he takes off his shoes. You just have to say to them, "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/there-should-be-an-age-limit-for-patients-he-thinks-as-he-takes-off/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-usually-start-writing-stories-from-tone-and-not-from-content-kind/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/rabbits-are-played-nowadays-it-s-all-about-the-turtles-tell-them-it-s/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [“She said I should pick the hall and the date and whatever I want, because it really doesn’t matter to her. That isn’t the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/she-said-i-should-pick-the-hall-and-the-date-and-whatever-i-want/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [I like smoking pot, but I'm not the kind of guy who smokes every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-like-smoking-pot-but-i-m-not-the-kind-of-guy-who-smokes-every-day/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/often-in-writing-programs-articulation-and-clarity-are-more-important/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-write-in-a-slangy-colloquial-speech-that-has-not-been-common-in-the/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-write-what-needs-to-be-written-the-way-that-seems-genuinely-right/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [Collaborating with your wife is amazing because you are doing something together with a person you truly love and know and discover things about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/collaborating-with-your-wife-is-amazing-because-you-are-doing/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [Sometimes, when you are in a really constrained situation, it makes you more focused about what you want to say and where you're heading.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/sometimes-when-you-are-in-a-really-constrained-situation-it-makes-you/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/being-published-in-arabic-is-a-strong-and-consistent-wish-i-have-i/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [“And suddenly the driver remembered how he'd once promised himself that if he became God in the end, he'd be merciful and kind, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/and-suddenly-the-driver-remembered-how-he-d-once-promised-himself/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/if-we-re-a-family-and-your-brother-wishes-you-death-it-s-not-a-very/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [“I think she cried at my funeral. It's not that I'm conceited or anything, but I'm pretty sure. Sometimes I can actually picture her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-think-she-cried-at-my-funeral-it-s-not-that-i-m-conceited-or/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

> [“Dice que no la amo de verdad. Que digo que la quiero, que creo que la quiero, pero que no. He oído a más…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/dice-que-no-la-amo-de-verdad-que-digo-que-la-quiero-que-creo-que-la/)

[Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/)

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