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

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.

When 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.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

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 was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.