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Etgar Keret quotes: If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.

If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.

Etgar Keret quotes: Apparently, I'm very, very popular in jails. They often ask me to come and speak.

Apparently, I'm very, very popular in jails. They often ask me to come and speak.

Etgar Keret quotes: I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't find the time to write it.

I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't find the time to write it.

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

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

Etgar Keret quotes: Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience.

Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience.

Etgar Keret quotes: I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic.

I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic.

Etgar Keret quotes: In the last war, people became vocal from the right-wing point of view: if you're liberal, then you're a traitor.

In the last war, people became vocal from the right-wing point of view: if you're liberal, then you're a traitor.

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

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

Etgar Keret quotes: What connects me so strongly to Israel is the fact that I'm second generation.

What connects me so strongly to Israel is the fact that I'm second generation.

Etgar Keret quotes: The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about.

The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about.

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

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

Etgar Keret quotes: He tells them that there is a line that separates killing bugs from killing frogs, and that no matter how hard it is, that line must never be crossed

He tells them that there is a line that separates killing bugs from killing frogs, and that no matter how hard it is, that line must never be crossed

Etgar Keret quotes: Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.

Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.

Etgar Keret quotes: My wife says I'd get philosophical with a lamp post if I thought the thing had ears.

My wife says I'd get philosophical with a lamp post if I thought the thing had ears.

Etgar Keret quotes: Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.

Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.

Etgar Keret quotes: The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.

The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.

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

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

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

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

Etgar Keret quotes: My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime.

My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime.

Etgar Keret quotes: 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.

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.

Etgar Keret quotes: Don't you go and dump reality on us like a garbage truck.

Don't you go and dump reality on us like a garbage truck.

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

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

Etgar Keret quotes: You can remember without seeing it.

You can remember without seeing it.

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

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

Etgar Keret quotes: I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.

I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.

Etgar Keret quotes: Life is one heck of an invention. It is better than the iPhone 4S and Coke Zero combined.

Life is one heck of an invention. It is better than the iPhone 4S and Coke Zero combined.

Etgar Keret quotes: Hebrew was frozen, like frozen peas, fresh out of the Bible.

Hebrew was frozen, like frozen peas, fresh out of the Bible.

Etgar Keret quotes: In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.

In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.

Etgar Keret quotes: It's funny, but I think my stories - the good ones - they're much smarter than I am.

It's funny, but I think my stories - the good ones - they're much smarter than I am.

Etgar Keret quotes: Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay. Not always, but a lot of the time.

Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay. Not always, but a lot of the time.

Etgar Keret quotes: A word is a lot.

A word is a lot.

Etgar Keret quotes: If you scare somebody enough, they stop being rational.

If you scare somebody enough, they stop being rational.

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

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

Etgar Keret quotes: I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.

I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.

Etgar Keret quotes: Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history.

Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history.

Etgar Keret quotes: As the son of Holocaust survivors, this is life - you're put in a corner, and you have to get out. I believe that you can always get out.

As the son of Holocaust survivors, this is life - you're put in a corner, and you have to get out. I believe that you can always get out.

Etgar Keret quotes: I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.

I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.

Etgar Keret quotes: For three months,a person sits and looks at you, imagining a kiss.

For three months,
a person sits and looks at you,
imagining a kiss.

Etgar Keret quotes: An awfully beautiful story, but it isn't mine.

An awfully beautiful story, but it isn't mine.

Etgar Keret quotes: My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.

My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.

Etgar Keret quotes: I think when you write, you should call it a "writing spree." I don't write every day, and I don't write regularly.

I think when you write, you should call it a "writing spree." I don't write every day, and I don't write regularly.

Etgar Keret quotes: In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.

In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.

Etgar Keret quotes: I like smoking pot, but I'm not the kind of guy who smokes every day.

I like smoking pot, but I'm not the kind of guy who smokes every day.

Etgar Keret quotes: Thirty miles is a long way, even by car, and on foot it's a thousand times more, especially for a dog, whose step is like a quarter of a human's.

Thirty miles is a long way, even by car, and on foot it's a thousand times more, especially for a dog, whose step is like a quarter of a human's.

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

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

Etgar Keret quotes: You don't need to use the language of God to ask where the restrooms are.

You don't need to use the language of God to ask where the restrooms are.

Etgar Keret quotes: Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they're no good.

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they're no good.

Etgar Keret quotes: Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it.

Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it.

Etgar Keret quotes: 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.

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.

Etgar Keret quotes: Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

Etgar Keret quotes: For Himme, the cumulative effect of the cumulative listening to the cumulative song was cumulatively distressing.

For Himme, the cumulative effect of the cumulative listening to the cumulative song was cumulatively distressing.

Etgar Keret quotes: The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself.

The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself.

Etgar Keret quotes: You'll never know what's happening inside the heads of other people.

You'll never know what's happening inside the heads of other people.

Etgar Keret quotes: When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

Etgar Keret quotes: Sometimes the stories are smarter than me, and suddenly these things start to make sense.

Sometimes the stories are smarter than me, and suddenly these things start to make sense.

Etgar Keret quotes: 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.

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.

Etgar Keret quotes: This idea where, in this safe haven for Jews, Jews will threaten to kill other Jews, it wasn't in the brochure.

This idea where, in this safe haven for Jews, Jews will threaten to kill other Jews, it wasn't in the brochure.

Etgar Keret quotes: Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

Etgar Keret quotes: As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people's life.

As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people's life.