"Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them,……" — Etgar Keret

"Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good."

— Etgar Keret

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47 Quotes by Etgar Keret

Etgar Keret has 47 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

When I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when…
Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living…
The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.
There were lots of lies along the way in life. Lies without arms, lies that were ill, lies that did…
My mother, for example, told the German officer not to kill her. She'd make it worth his while. And then,…
If someone gives you a piece of advice that sounds right and feels right, use it. If someone gives you…
I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right.…
I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that…
In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you…
It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in…
Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed…
Sometimes, when you are in a really constrained situation, it makes you more focused about what you want to say…

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