Things can be translated, but they become different.

The Palestinians are not going anywhere - -they have nowhere to go. The Israeli Jews also aren't going anywhere - they have nowhere to go. But we cannot become one happy family, because we are not. So, we have to divide the house into two smaller apartments and learn how to say, "good morning" in the hall every day. Eventually, perhaps we will pop in on each other for a cup of coffee. But we need this semi-detached house, a two-family unit.

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

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

Each time I have the urge in me to make a statement or send a message or to issue a manifesto, I don't bother to write a novel. I write an article and publish it in a popular newspaper, or I make a television appearance. I would not waste five years of my life in order to send to the Israeli readers a simple message such as, "Let us change a policy or stop the settlements," Or, "Let us strive for peace." This is not what it is about.

I'm a great believer in compromise. I know it's not popular among young idealists.

Almost every modern literary form existed in Hebrew two thousand years ago. And, yes, it existed even during the middle ages.