Even as a very young man, I knew that my family is like a plant. Uproot it, and it will wilt. Pluck away at it, and it will die. But leave it to thrive in the soil, untouched, and it will weather both gods and winds. It is born with the soil, and it will live so long as the soil shall live.

Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.

Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history.

For me taking a pragmatic decision when it comes to art is almost an oxymoron. The reason I first picked up a pen and wrote a story had nothing pragmatic in it.

Sometimes the stories are smarter than me, and suddenly these things start to make sense.

I've always had a very developed superego. I also had a very powerful id, but there was no ego in the middle. So writing was always like letters sent from the id to the superego, saying, "What's going on here?" What I loved about writing was that I was totally weightless. I was amazed at the fact that I could be myself without being afraid that anyone would get hurt.

In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.