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

I think tone gives birth to the story.

If you scare somebody enough, they stop being rational.

I'm not saying that I don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is the place where we can try to be human. I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic. When I see this kind of stuff, I think, they're smart, but I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.

In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.

I think that, in Israel, the greatest fear that people have, and I have it, too, is fear of genocide.

I'm not saying that I don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is the place where we can try to be human.