Phrase by 'Etgar Keret'

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When I say a spoken Hebrew sentence, half of it is like the King James Bible and half of it is a hip-hop lyric. It has a roller-coaster effect.

Author: Etgar Keret - Israeli Writer
  Say , Bible , King , Hip-Hop


In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying.

Author: Etgar Keret - Israeli Writer
  You , Me , People , Feel


When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get them.

Author: Etgar Keret - Israeli Writer
  Writing , Nobody , Language , Thought


It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in the objective dangers someone takes. You don't have to fight snakes or wake up in a strange apartment to have a story; it's about what goes on inside your mind and soul.

Author: Etgar Keret - Israeli Writer
  You , Mind , Fight , Soul


I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop got stolen. When I told people this, they acted as if something tragic had happened, but I kind of felt relieved, grateful to the thief who saved me from another year of something that felt more like homework than fun.

Author: Etgar Keret - Israeli Writer
  Life , Me , People , Grateful


I don't have Facebook or Twitter accounts yet. Being a compulsive storyteller, I always make up for myself discouraging stories about how such accounts will get me into embarrassing and time-consuming situations.

Author: Etgar Keret - Israeli Writer
  Me , Myself , Always , Will


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