Literature may make the reader reexamine some of his or her own conventions, look at himself or herself in a different way, look at others in a different way. This goes way beyond just making statements or manifesting principles.

There are certain concepts, which exist in english, and are unthinkable, untranslatable into Hebrew and vice versa.

Actually, who hasn't been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead, let's see you lay a finger on me? A blank page is actually a whitewashed wall with no door and no window. Beginning to tell a story is like making a pass at a total stranger in a restaurant.

You know, gynecology has a role; sex is a gift. And literature is not about sending messages.

There is a document in every novel in the world. Even in the most fantastic novel, even in science fiction, there is a documentary side. But, this side is not the crux of the matter.

I know one or two things about fanaticism and death, and I reject them.

Imagination needs food like every dog and every cat and every bird and every fish.