When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

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

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

What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words are biblical, one word is Russian, and one word is Yiddish. This kind of connection between very high language and very low language is very natural, people use it all the time.

If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.

I don't have Facebook or Twitter accounts yet. Being a compulsive storyteller, I always make up for myself discouraging stories about how such accounts will get me into embarrassing and time-consuming situations.

The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more so.