Things can be translated, but they become different.

Now, Israel is a fulfillment, and as a fulfillment, it is flawed. The fact that it is flawed is not so much a testimony about the failures of Israel. No, it is a testimony about the nature of dreams.

The gift of literature is that, in some lucky cases, reading a novel or a story makes the reader more curious, more open-minded.

Never cut loose from your longings.

I am an old man and I have seen things get revoked. Things which looked very irrevocable.

Almost without exception, my novels are rooted in Israel because that's the place I know well.

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