--- title: "13 Way Quotes By Etgar Keret" description: "13 Way quotes by Etgar Keret. Plus more from Etgar Keret and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/etgar-keret-2656_character_before-i-started-to-make-films-i-didn-t_2782838.png" --- > [Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/before-i-started-to-make-films-i-didn-t-give-much-thought-to-the-way/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/etgar-keret-2656_character_before-i-started-to-make-films-i-didn-t_2782838.png) > [My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/my-stories-are-very-compact-i-want-them-to-say-the-most-complex/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/etgar-keret-2656_compact_my-stories-are-very-compact-i-want-them_3122299.png) > [I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-don-t-like-the-expression-writer-s-block-because-i-think-it/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/etgar-keret-2656_block_i-don-t-like-the-expression-writer-s-blo_1407018.png) > [In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/in-the-army-you-feel-violated-there-s-no-private-space-writing-was-a/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/etgar-keret-2656_army_in-the-army-you-feel-violated-there-s-no_1405616.png) > [I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/etgar-keret-2656_believe_i-write-what-needs-to-be-written-the-way_172541.png) > [Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/writing-is-a-way-of-living-other-lives-it-is-a-way-of-expanding-your/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/etgar-keret-2656_actually-living_writing-is-a-way-of-living-other-lives-i_2958190.png) > [I think the typical way is that usually Holocaust survivors are known to be very quiet and full of anxiety, many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-think-the-typical-way-is-that-usually-holocaust-survivors-are-known/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e12/etgar-keret-2656_anxiety_i-think-the-typical-way-is-that-usually_2588488.png) > [Making up characters and places and plots, unlike fixing your plumbing or doing dishes, is anything but practical or rational. I write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/making-up-characters-and-places-and-plots-unlike-fixing-your-plumbing/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/etgar-keret-2656_character_making-up-characters-and-places-and-plot_1395546.jpg) > [Generally, all my life, I have had strong friction with life - I was a problematic soldier, I was kicked out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/generally-all-my-life-i-have-had-strong-friction-with-life-i-was-a/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/etgar-keret-2656_army_generally-all-my-life-i-have-had-strong_1519639.png) > [There were lots of lies along the way in life. Lies without arms, lies that were ill, lies that did harm, lies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/there-were-lots-of-lies-along-the-way-in-life-lies-without-arms-lies/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/etgar-keret-2656_arms_there-were-lots-of-lies-along-the-way-in_2539523.png) > [During the war, there were people wishing me death, wishing my son death, wishing my wife death in very graphic ways. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/during-the-war-there-were-people-wishing-me-death-wishing-my-son/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/etgar-keret-2656_brother_during-the-war-there-were-people-wishing_481689.png) > [I have always thought that Heaven is a place for people who had had a good life, but that is not true.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-have-always-thought-that-heaven-is-a-place-for-people-who-had-had-a/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/etgar-keret-2656_commit_i-have-always-thought-that-heaven-is-a-p_1392364.jpg) > [To what extent does anybody control his destiny? Life is very much like falling of the edge of a cliff. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/to-what-extent-does-anybody-control-his-destiny-life-is-very-much/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/etgar-keret-2656_body_to-what-extent-does-anybody-control-his_1117025.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/etgar-keret/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By Etgar Keret", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Etgar Keret" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/before-i-started-to-make-films-i-didn-t-give-much-thought-to-the-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/etgar-keret-2656_character_before-i-started-to-make-films-i-didn-t_2782838.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/etgar-keret-2656_character_before-i-started-to-make-films-i-didn-t_2782838.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/etgar-keret-2656_character_before-i-started-to-make-films-i-didn-t_2782838.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically…” — Etgar Keret", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My stories are very compact. 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Lies without arms, lies that were ill, lies that did harm, lies that could kill. Lies on foot, or behind the wheel, black-tie lies, and lies that could steal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Etgar Keret" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/there-were-lots-of-lies-along-the-way-in-life-lies-without-arms-lies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/etgar-keret-2656_arms_there-were-lots-of-lies-along-the-way-in_2539523.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/etgar-keret-2656_arms_there-were-lots-of-lies-along-the-way-in_2539523.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/etgar-keret-2656_arms_there-were-lots-of-lies-along-the-way-in_2539523.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There were lots of lies along the way in life. 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In the past, I would go overseas and I would say, \"Israel is like my family: we disagree, but we're all brothers.\" I can't say that anymore, because life proves me wrong.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Etgar Keret" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/during-the-war-there-were-people-wishing-me-death-wishing-my-son/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/etgar-keret-2656_brother_during-the-war-there-were-people-wishing_481689.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/etgar-keret-2656_brother_during-the-war-there-were-people-wishing_481689.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/etgar-keret-2656_brother_during-the-war-there-were-people-wishing_481689.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“During the war, there were people wishing me death, wishing my son death, wishing my wife death in very…” — Etgar Keret", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have always thought that Heaven is a place for people who had had a good life, but that is not true. God is merciful and way too good to make it so. The Heaven is just a place for people who could not be really happy while living on Earth. I was once told that people who commit suicide are taken back on Earth to repeat life from the very beginning because if they did not like it once, it did not mean they would not like it the next time. But those who did not fit in on Earth at all, ended up here. 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