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 Copy Share Image
Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“I wish I understood why you buy all this stuff." "For the same reason I married you," she murmured. "To help pass… — Etgar Keret 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
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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“Flights are expansive moments when the phone doesn't ring and the Internet doesn't work. The maxim that flying time is wasted time… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“Years from now, I’ll be sitting in my wheelchair in the brightest spot in Amsterdam Park, next to the old wooden swings,… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
The fact is that everything I have in my pockets is carefully chosen so I’ll always be prepared. Everything is there so… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
If you were to do the world championship of victimhood in modern times, then the finals would probably be between Jews and… — Etgar Keret 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 them, "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 lyrics later… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak. — Etgar Keret 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 isn’t the… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say. — Etgar Keret 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 of the… — Etgar Keret 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 it is… — Etgar Keret 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 things about… — Etgar Keret 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 you're heading.… — 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 in some… — 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 kind, and… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
