Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.

I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present.

Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort of an unpragmatic dialogue with my neighbors.

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.

Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different life, it just means that you're hungry for life. There are so many things you want to do.

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

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