Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.
Etgar KeretThe amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more so.
Etgar KeretIn the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.
Etgar KeretIt's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.
Etgar KeretIn America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the badly written good story. Turning the hierarchy around and putting passion on top and not craft, because when you just focus on craft, you can write something that is very sterile.
Etgar Keret