Apparently, I'm very, very popular in jails. They often ask me to come and speak.

Apparently, I'm very, very popular in jails. They often ask me to come and speak.

I have to admit that talking authoritatively about my students' stories can make me feel, at times, like an astronaut who has just landed on a new planet and insists on giving guided tours to its inhabitants.

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

The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself.

I never know the endings when I write. It's a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive to write when you already know. It's like seeing a movie a second time.

I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.