I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country.

I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country.

As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial.

One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.

There are two types of stories: public and private.

Here in Spain, there are Argentine Jews, children and grandchildren of immigrants of Jews who fled Germany or Austria in the thirties, and in the seventies during the dictatorship, they had to go into exile again.

Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish.