Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good. — Etgar Keret Ninja 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
You'll never know what's happening inside the heads of other people. — Etgar Keret Heads Copy Share Image
For three months, a person sits and looks at you, imagining a kiss. — Etgar Keret Kissing Copy Share Image
Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say. — Etgar Keret Articulation Copy Share Image
The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself. — Etgar Keret Communication Copy Share Image
When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation. — Etgar Keret Aspect Copy Share Image
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, 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
As the son of Holocaust survivors, this is life - you're put in a corner, and you have to get out. I… — Etgar Keret Believe Copy Share Image
The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more… — Etgar Keret Amazing things 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
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
“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
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
“Ehud was tall and strong and was always quiet. Lots of people thought that Ehud was quiet because he was stupid. That… — Etgar Keret Smartest Kid 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
“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 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 Ambulance 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 Bart simpson 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
Even as a very young man, I knew that my family is like a plant. Uproot it, and it will wilt. Pluck… — Etgar Keret Born 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 Amazed 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 Cells 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 I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when I write,… — Etgar Keret Behinds 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
In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory. — Etgar Keret Army Copy Share Image
When I say a spoken Hebrew sentence, half of it is like the King James Bible and half of it is a… — Etgar Keret Coasters 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
![“When I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when I write, I really want to find out what is going on-I'm writing for myself as a reader. It's like when you dream a dream. I want to know what's behind the door. If I navigate, it's from a place that's…” quote by Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c0d/etgar-keret-2656_behinds_when-i-write-i-never-know-the-endings-wh_1886521.jpg)
