People Usually Don't Allow You To Cut

My First And Biggest Love Was Always Fiction Writing. But It Is A Very Lonely Pastime.

During The War, There Were People Wishing Me Death, Wishing My Son Death, Wishing My Wife Death In Very Graphic Ways. In The Past, I Would Go Overseas And I Would Say, "israel Is Like My Family: We Disagree, But We're All Brothers." I Can't Say That Anymore, Because Life Proves Me Wrong.

I Really Believe Hatred Is Not A Primal Emotion, In That You Can't Find It In Nature. It's Basically Some Kind Of Distortion Of Fear.

People In Israel Would Write In A High Register, They Wouldn't Write Colloquial Speech. I Do A Special Take On Colloquial Speech. When I Started Writing, I Thought [the Language] Was Telling The Story Of This Country: Old People In A Young Nation, Very Religious, Very Conservative, Very Tight-assed, But Also Very Anarchistic, Very Open-minded. It's All In The Language, And That's One Thing That Doesn't Translate.

I Don't Need Art To Tell Me People Are Assholes. I Can Just Go Into The Streets.