During the war, there were people wishing me death, wishing my son death, wishing my wife death in very graphic ways. In the past, I would go overseas and I would say, "Israel is like my family: we disagree, but we're all brothers." I can't say that anymore, because life proves me wrong.

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

For my mother, having a family was the most important thing in her life. In the Second World War, it was a challenge - surviving physically and mentally and finding somebody who you loved and who was willing to be with you.

My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime.

I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't find the time to write it.

I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.

As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people's life.