In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying.

As the son of Holocaust survivors, this is life - you're put in a corner, and you have to get out. I believe that you can always get out.

My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.

You don't need to use the language of God to ask where the restrooms are.

I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't find the time to write it.

In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying.

In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.