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

I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic.

When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

The fact is that everything I have in my pockets is carefully chosen so I’ll always be prepared. Everything is there so I can be at an advantage at the moment of truth. Actually, that’s not accurate. Everything’s there so I won’t be at a disadvantage at the moment of truth.

It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in the objective dangers someone takes. You don't have to fight snakes or wake up in a strange apartment to have a story; it's about what goes on inside your mind and soul.

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

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