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# Etgar Keret

(1967)   Writer   Poland

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Etgar Keret is a writer from Poland, best known for *Suddenly, a knock on the door*.

## Quick Facts About Etgar Keret

Born August 20, 1967

Nationality Poland

Profession Writer

Notable works Suddenly, a knock on the door

Known for Kneller's Happy Campers

Spouse Shira Geffen

## About Etgar Keret

Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer famous for his short stories, graphic novels and scripts for film and television.

## Awards & Honors

Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize Sapir Prize for Literature Newman Prize Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works

##  Quotes by Etgar Keret · Page 2

> [“My wife says I'd get philosophical with a lamp post if I thought the thing had ears.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/my-wife-says-i-d-get-philosophical-with-a-lamp-post-if-i-thought-the/)

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> [My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/my-first-and-biggest-love-was-always-fiction-writing-but-it-is-a-very/)

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[Fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction/)

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> [When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/when-i-started-writing-my-stories-i-thought-that-not-only-nobody/)

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[Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/)

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> [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/)

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[Freak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freak/)

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> [Apparently, I'm very, very popular in jails. They often ask me to come and speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/apparently-i-m-very-very-popular-in-jails-they-often-ask-me-to-come/)

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[Ask me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask-me/)

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> [As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/as-a-monogamous-creature-i-feel-sometimes-that-it-fills-up-a-function/)

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[Affair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affair/)

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> [You don't need to use the language of God to ask where the restrooms are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/you-don-t-need-to-use-the-language-of-god-to-ask-where-the-restrooms/)

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[Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asks/)

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> [The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/the-one-who-swallows-cactuses-with-spines-should-not-complain-about/)

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[Complaining](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complaining/)

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> [Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/maybe-in-the-general-scheme-of-things-he-couldn-t-find-any-meaning-in/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [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/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-write-in-a-slangy-colloquial-speech-that-has-not-been-common-in-the/)

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[Common](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common/)

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> [My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/my-father-i-once-asked-him-what-was-his-greatest-achievement-he-said/)

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[Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/)

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> [Etgar means "challenge." And my family name is Keret, which means "urban." So my name is "urban challenge." My joke is, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/etgar-means-challenge-and-my-family-name-is-keret-which-means-urban/)

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[Birth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birth/)

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> [“He invented ordinary things, and I stress, ordinary. Not brilliant, just ordinary, and that's exactly what humanity needs. Brilliant inventions might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/he-invented-ordinary-things-and-i-stress-ordinary-not-brilliant-just/)

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[Brilliance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brilliance/)

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> [When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/when-i-write-a-story-i-have-no-idea-what-i-m-doing-all-i-know-is-that/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“Until he turned twelve, Nimrod was a shitty person. The kind of whiner that, if he wasn’t your best friend, you’d have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/until-he-turned-twelve-nimrod-was-a-shitty-person-the-kind-of-whiner/)

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[Bar mitzvah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bar-mitzvah/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/three-a-m-is-prime-time-for-the-soul-programming-should-start-any/)

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[Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/)

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> [“Flights are expansive moments when the phone doesn't ring and the Internet doesn't work. The maxim that flying time is wasted time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/flights-are-expansive-moments-when-the-phone-doesn-t-ring-and-the/)

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[Flights](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flights/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-think-she-cried-at-my-funeral-it-s-not-that-i-m-conceited-or/)

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[Cried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cried/)

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> [People in Israel would write in a high register, they wouldn't write colloquial speech. I do a special take on colloquial speech.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/people-in-israel-would-write-in-a-high-register-they-wouldn-t-write/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [“Years from now, I’ll be sitting in my wheelchair in the brightest spot in Amsterdam Park, next to the old wooden swings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/years-from-now-i-ll-be-sitting-in-my-wheelchair-in-the-brightest-spot/)

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[Aging](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aging/)

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> [And she loved a man who was made out of nothing. A few hours without him and right away she’d be missing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/and-she-loved-a-man-who-was-made-out-of-nothing-a-few-hours-without/)

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[Apartment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apartment/)

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> [“There should be an age limit for patients, he thinks as he takes off his shoes. You just have to say to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/there-should-be-an-age-limit-for-patients-he-thinks-as-he-takes-off/)

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[Aging](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aging/)

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> [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/)

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[Commit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commit/)

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> [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/)

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[Compact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compact/)

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> [I think that, in Hebrew, it's like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-think-that-in-hebrew-it-s-like-the-language-creates-a-more-unique/)

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[Hebrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hebrew/)

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> [The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/the-best-stories-you-usually-hear-are-stories-that-people-feel-some/)

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[Feels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/)

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> [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/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [“For Himme, the cumulative effect of the cumulative listening to the cumulative song was cumulatively distressing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/for-himme-the-cumulative-effect-of-the-cumulative-listening-to-the/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [I think when you write, you should call it a "writing spree." I don't write every day, and I don't write regularly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-think-when-you-write-you-should-call-it-a-writing-spree-i-don-t/)

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[Every day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-day/)

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> [Sometimes the stories are smarter than me, and suddenly these things start to make sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/sometimes-the-stories-are-smarter-than-me-and-suddenly-these-things/)

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[Make sense](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/make-sense/)

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> [In the last war, people became vocal from the right-wing point of view: if you're liberal, then you're a traitor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/in-the-last-war-people-became-vocal-from-the-right-wing-point-of-view/)

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[Ifs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/)

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> [I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-don-t-need-art-to-tell-me-people-are-assholes-i-can-just-go-into/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/it-s-kind-of-a-reflex-for-me-to-ignore-my-own-wishes-and-think-about/)

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[Firsts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/)

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> [“I wish I understood why you buy all this stuff." "For the same reason I married you," she murmured. "To help pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-wish-i-understood-why-you-buy-all-this-stuff-for-the-same-reason-i/)

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[Buying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buying/)

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> [Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/writing-a-story-is-kind-of-like-surfing-as-opposed-to-the-novel-where/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/in-israel-the-role-of-the-writer-is-dictated-by-the-language-in-which/)

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[Israel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/)

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> [Life is one heck of an invention. It is better than the iPhone 4S and Coke Zero combined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/life-is-one-heck-of-an-invention-it-is-better-than-the-iphone-4s-and/)

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[Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coke/)

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> [What connects me so strongly to Israel is the fact that I'm second generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/what-connects-me-so-strongly-to-israel-is-the-fact-that-i-m-second-2/)

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[Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/)

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> [This idea where, in this safe haven for Jews, Jews will threaten to kill other Jews, it wasn't in the brochure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/this-idea-where-in-this-safe-haven-for-jews-jews-will-threaten-to/)

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[Brochures](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brochures/)

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## Etgar Keret by topic

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