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

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.

The fact is that everything I have in my pockets is carefully chosen so I’ll always be prepared. Everything is there so I can be at an advantage at the moment of truth. Actually, that’s not accurate. Everything’s there so I won’t be at a disadvantage at the moment of truth.

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.

In my stories I can kiss the girls I want to kiss and punch the girls I want to punch. Nobody pays a price for it.

In the last war, people became vocal from the right-wing point of view: if you're liberal, then you're a traitor.

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