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I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.
Etgar Keret
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Etgar Keret
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 20
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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.
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Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it.
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Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort of an unpragmatic dialogue with my neighbors.
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I think when you write, you should call it a writing spree. I don't write every day, and I don't write regularly.
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It's funny, but I think my stories - the good ones - they're much smarter than I am.
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I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.
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I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.
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I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then it is my vocation to believe in them and in the fact that they'll interest people and maybe affect their lives.
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