I think that, in Hebrew, it's like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story.

My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.

Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.

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

Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort of an unpragmatic dialogue with my neighbors.

I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then it is my vocation to believe in them and in the fact that they'll interest people and maybe affect their lives.

I remember a point in [writing] the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."