194 Quotes by Etgar Keret

As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them happy.

I remember a point in [writing] the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."

Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.

The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more so.

When you work on a graphic novel or a film with people you've been together through a lot and you've exposed your secrets and weaker sides to each other.

Etgar means "challenge." And my family name is Keret, which means "urban." So my name is "urban challenge." My joke is, it's a good description of a birth but a strange name for a human being.

In my stories I can kiss the girls I want to kiss and punch the girls I want to punch. Nobody pays a price for it.

If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.

For my mother, having a family was the most important thing in her life. In the Second World War, it was a challenge - surviving physically and mentally and finding somebody who you loved and who was willing to be with you.