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

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.

I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.

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.

Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.

Being ambivalent doesn't mean that you're a relevatist, that anything goes; it just means that you show the complexity of life. Life is always complex.

To what extent does anybody control his destiny? Life is very much like falling of the edge of a cliff. You have complete freedom to make all the choices you want to take on your way down. My characters choose to yearn and not lose hope even when the odds are completely against them. It doesn't make the landing at the end of that fall any less painful but, somehow, it helps them keep a little dignity their bone broken body.