I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.

It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

What you experience in the army, aged 18 to 21, is what you take through all your life. You cross invisible lines: you shoot someone, get shot, break into people's houses. It's naive to think you won't carry anything into your life.

I think that any authentic feeling one has of life should be a feeling of defeat. It's a losing game. You're going to die. Civilization is going to end. Our society is in decline, and we should feel OK about it because Roman society was in decline and before it the Assyrian one was, and they disappeared off this earth and we will disappear too.

I think living in Israel and wanting to change reality is the best prescription for never-ending writer's block.

I think that, in Hebrew, it's like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story.

I think tone gives birth to the story.

I think that, in Israel, the greatest fear that people have, and I have it, too, is fear of genocide.

I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really think it's the other way around.