What Connects Me So Strongly To Israel

Generally, All My Life, I Have Had Strong Friction With Life - I Was A Problematic Soldier, I Was Kicked Out Of The Army, I Was In Fights. There Was Something About Writing That Was A Way Of Experimenting With This Emotion.

As A Child, I Never Wanted My Parents To Be Unhappy, Which Meant That I Would Always Contemplate What Would Make Them Happy.

When I Was A Kid, I Wanted To Make My Parents Happy. I'd Always Say To Them, "what Do You Want Me To Do? Do Sports? Be Rich? Be Funny?" My Mother Would Say, "whatever We Want From You, You Already Gave Us - We Wanted You To Be Alive, And You Made It."

If You Want To Learn How To Be Happy, You Have To Know What Is Sadness First.

I Used To Feel That If I Say Something's Wrong, I Have To Say How It Could Be Made Right. But What I Learned From Kurt Vonnegut Was That I Could Write Stories That Say I May Not Have A Solution, But This Is Wrong - That's Good Enough.