There are certain concepts, which exist in english, and are unthinkable, untranslatable into Hebrew and vice versa.

Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages.

Many intellectuals in America and in Europe, they are in the habit of taking sides: who are the bad guys? who are the good guys? They launch a demonstration against the bad guys, sign a petition in favor of the good guys, and going to sleep feeling well about themselves. This is not the case here. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a tragedy; it is a clash between right and right.

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

I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples - the Israeli people and the Palestinian people - are ahead of their leaderships.

The whole Zionist project was based on a whole spectrum of different and even conflicting dreams and visions.

That's my gutsy advice to any young writer: write only about what you know well.