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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.

Etgar Keret

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Etgar Keret
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 20
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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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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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I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.
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For me taking a pragmatic decision when it comes to art is almost an oxymoron. The reason I first picked up a pen and wrote a story had nothing pragmatic in it.
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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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