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
Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say. — Etgar Keret Articulation 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 Fall 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 Block Copy Share Image
If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first. — Etgar Keret Education Copy Share Image
In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets. — Etgar Keret Israel Copy Share Image
I like smoking pot, but I'm not the kind of guy who smokes every day. — Etgar Keret Every day Copy Share Image
The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about. — Etgar Keret Feels 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 Ambulance 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
“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
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 Agents Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when you are in a really constrained situation, it makes you more focused about what you want to say and where… — Etgar Keret Beautiful 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 Arabic 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
“I always used to think that heaven is a place for people who've spent their whole life being good, but it isn't.… — Etgar Keret Afterlife Copy Share Image
“She said I should pick the hall and the date and whatever I want, because it really doesn’t matter to her. That… — Etgar Keret Amsterdam Copy Share Image
During the war, there were people wishing me death, wishing my son death, wishing my wife death in very graphic ways. In… — Etgar Keret Brother 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 often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating… — Etgar Keret Boards Copy Share Image
“There should be an age limit for patients, he thinks as he takes off his shoes. You just have to say to… — Etgar Keret Aging Copy Share Image
He misses the feeling of creating something out of something. That’s right — something out of something. Because something out of nothing… — Etgar Keret Air Copy Share Image
“Three a.m. is prime time for the soul. Programming should start any minute, and it's hard to tell what'll be on this… — Etgar Keret Anxiety Copy Share Image
“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… — Etgar Keret Cried Copy Share Image
Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak. — Etgar Keret Freak Copy Share Image
I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind… — Etgar Keret Born Copy Share Image
I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful. — Etgar Keret Becoming Copy Share Image
I really believe hatred is not a primal emotion, in that you can't find it in nature. It's basically some kind of… — Etgar Keret Believe Copy Share Image
If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family. — Etgar Keret Brother 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 never know the endings when I write. It's a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive… — Etgar Keret Ending Copy Share Image
I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one… — Etgar Keret Common Copy Share Image
My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in… — Etgar Keret Achievement Copy Share Image
Collaborating with your wife is amazing because you are doing something together with a person you truly love and know and discover… — Etgar Keret Circumstances Copy Share Image
Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay.… — Etgar Keret Life Copy Share Image
I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then… — Etgar Keret Believe Copy Share Image
The moment that you have a child - that you know that when he'll turn 18, he'll join the Army and go… — Etgar Keret Active Copy Share Image
Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good. — Etgar Keret Ninja Copy Share Image
