I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.

The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.

Since ideology is part of the human personality, it deserves a place in the kingdom of eternal truths.

We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.

Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.

We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?