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

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Etgar Keret
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 20
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Hebrew was frozen, like frozen peas, fresh out of the Bible.
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When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.
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There were lots of lies along the way in life. Lies without arms, lies that were ill, lies that did harm, lies that could kill. Lies on foot, or behind the wheel, black-tie lies, and lies that could steal.
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As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them happy.
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Being ambivalent doesn't mean that you're a relevatist, that anything goes it just means that you show the complexity of life. Life is always complex.
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As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people's life.
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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.
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Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history.
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I see creative-writing classes as some sort of AA meeting. It is more of a support group for people who write than an actual course in which you learn writing skills. This support group is extremely important because there is something very lonely about writing.
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People usually don't allow you to cut off their tongue.
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Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different life, it just means that you're hungry for life. There are so many things you want to do.
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