Never cut loose from your longings.

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

I recommend the art of slow reading.

The place of my novels is Israel, almost without exception. All of them take place in Israel - in Jerusalem, in the desert, in the kibbutz, in small towns, in villages.

Literature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written.

Literature exists inside the language. It's made of words.

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