"The State of the Jews" was not a title of a country. It was a title of a futuristic novel.

The morning I woke up and it was announced that Trump was the elected president of the United States, I wrote to Angela Merkel. I said that she - at least for me - is now the leader of the free world.

Democracy in many parts of the world is undergoing a very deep crisis. Politics is becoming a branch of the entertainment industry. People vote not for the best leader, but for the funniest candidate.

Every language has influences and is an influence.

All you can see, if you look through the window - everything you see is a fulfillment of dreams, different dreams.

I follow the way people change. I follow the way people, who are very antagonized to one another become very close to one another and vice-versa. Sometimes I follow the way people who are intimately close to each other move apart. This is my business as a novelist. It is not about positions and ideas.

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