I write in words. I don't write in sounds or in shapes or in flavors.

My musical instrument is Hebrew and, to me, this is the most important fact about my writing.

When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that, you should do this." They don't listen to me, but I've been doing this for sixty years now. But, when I write a novel, I am not in that business.

If people are pro-Israel, they are pro-Israel one-hundred-and-twenty percent. If they are anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian, they tend to be pro-Palestinian one-hundred-and-twenty percent.

The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic.

Never cut loose from your longings.

Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages.