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
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
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
“He actually had a relationship once with someone who’d committed suicide. Not emotional, physical. It happened in the army. He was serving… — Etgar Keret Military police 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 Buying Copy Share Image
I think when you write, you should call it a "writing spree." I don't write every day, and I don't write regularly. — Etgar Keret Every day Copy Share Image
It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first. — Etgar Keret Firsts Copy Share Image
When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get… — Etgar Keret Language Copy Share Image
You'll never know what's happening inside the heads of other people. — Etgar Keret People Copy Share Image
Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good. — Etgar Keret Ninja Copy Share Image
I think that, in Israel, the greatest fear that people have, and I have it, too, is fear of genocide. — Etgar Keret Fear Copy Share Image
You take a book, and what can you do with a book? Can you cook an egg on a book? No. Can… — Etgar Keret Book 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 Accurate Copy Share Image
There were lots of lies along the way in life. Lies without arms, lies that were ill, lies that did harm, lies… — Etgar Keret Arms Copy Share Image
I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop… — Etgar Keret Another year Copy Share Image
“Say,' Uzi pressed on, 'is it true that when you people go out on a job they promise you seventy nymphomaniac virgins… — Etgar Keret Sure thing Copy Share Image
For my mother, having a family was the most important thing in her life. In the Second World War, it was a… — Etgar Keret Challenges Copy Share Image
“Thirty miles is a long way, even by car, and on foot it’s a thousand times more, especially for a dog, whose… — Etgar Keret Long way Copy Share Image
“When I ask him if he thinks there's a moral to his story, he says he's sure there must be, but doesn't… — Etgar Keret Lizards Copy Share Image
“Udi was just fooling around. He didn't really mean to hurt the angel, just to make him fly a little, for laughs.… — Etgar Keret Fooling around Copy Share Image
I think the typical way is that usually Holocaust survivors are known to be very quiet and full of anxiety, many of… — Etgar Keret Anxiety 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
