On my parents scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered.

I write in words. And my words are Hebrew words.

I don't think Israelis are less critical of corruption than people in Italy, France or America. Israel is special in a different way. There is a daytime Israel and a nighttime Israel. The first is self-confident, pushy and passionate, like other Mediterranean lands. It is hedonistic, materialistic and almost arrogant. During the nighttime, people are terrified, people are filled with existential dreads. These fears aren't baseless.

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

Israel is a fulfilled dream. Nothing that exists here existed here a hundred years ago.

Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully is a moral responsibility.

All my novels are rooted in their time and in their place.