Life is one heck of an invention. It is better than the iPhone 4S and Coke Zero combined.
Etgar KeretI really believe hatred is not a primal emotion, in that you can't find it in nature. It's basically some kind of distortion of fear.
Etgar KeretWhen my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.
Etgar KeretWhen you work on a graphic novel or a film with people you've been together through a lot and you've exposed your secrets and weaker sides to each other.
Etgar KeretWhen my works are being translated, I always get this question from my translators: Up or down? Which means, should it sound biblical and highbrow, or should we take it all down to sound colloquial? In Hebrew, it's both all the time. People in Israel would write in a high register, they wouldn't write colloquial speech. I do a special take on colloquial speech.
Etgar Keret