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

When I say compromise I do not mean capitulation. When I say compromise I definitely do not mean what Jesus Christ meant when he offered us to turn our other cheek to our enemies. Compromise means, try to meet the other somewhere half-way. And, this can only happen if the other is willing to go half-way in order to meet you. That is the very strict line between compromise and capitulation.

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.

In my vocabulary, the word "compromise" is synonymous to the word "life".

My dream for Israel is peace, external and internal peace. I want Israel to live in peace with its neighbors and in peace with itself.

The place of my novels is Israel, almost without exception. All of them take place in Israel - in Jerusalem, in the desert, in the kibbutz, in small towns, in villages.

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