Favorites Quote's
Author
Topic's
Blog
Don't Write About That Which You Don't Know.
-Amos Oz
Please Wait....
Translating....
Select Image
Download as Image
English
Spanish
French
German
Hindi
Chinese
Don't Write About That Which You Don't
Amos Oz
Don't Write About That Which You Don't Know.
Views: 16
Topic
Writing
Knows
More From Amos Oz
I Wrote A Novel About Israelis Who Live Their Own Lives On The Slope Of A Volcano. Near A Volcano One Still Falls In Love, One Still Gets Jealous, One Still Wants A Promotion, One Still Gossips.
Falling In Love
Jealous
Volcanoes
Israel Is Imperfect, Of Course It Is - A Far Cry From The Monumental Dreams Of The Founding Fathers. One Of The Reasons Is That Their Dreams Were Unrealistic. They Were Bigger Than Life. These Were Messianic Dreams, Dreams About Total Redemption For The Jews, For The World. Such Dreams Do Not Come True, Not In Their Entirety.
Dream
Father
Israel
Literature Is Not Made Of Ideas And It's Not Made Of Concepts, Of Psychological Analysis. It's Made Of Words.
Ideas
Literature
Analysis
The Israeli-palestinian Conflict Is A Tragedy; It Is A Clash Between Right And Right. And, Therefore It's Not Black And White. Sometimes, Recently It Is Indeed A Clash Between Wrong And Wrong. It Is Not As Simple As Fascism Was.
Black And White
Simple
Tragedy
Actually, Who Hasn't Been Through The Ghastly Experience Of Sitting In Front Of A Blank Page, With Its Toothless Mouth Grinning At You: Go Ahead, Let's See You Lay A Finger On Me? A Blank Page Is Actually A Whitewashed Wall With No Door And No Window. Beginning To Tell A Story Is Like Making A Pass At A Total Stranger In A Restaurant.
Wall
Doors
Mouths
Trending Author
John Gunther
Patrick J. Kennedy
Carol P. Christ
Jonathan Sacks
Alex Comfort
Fred W. Friendly
Category
Information