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

When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get them.

In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.

Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history.

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 living in Israel and wanting to change reality is the best prescription for never-ending writer's block.

Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay. Not always, but a lot of the time.