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Etgar Keret Quotes

I think that, in Israel, the greatest fear that people have, and I have it, too, is fear of genocide Picture Quote #1

Etgar means challenge. And my family name is Keret, which means urban. So my name is urban challenge. My joke is, it’s a good description of a birth but a strange name for a human being Picture Quote #1

When you work on a graphic novel or a film with people you’ve been together through a lot and you’ve exposed your secrets and weaker sides to each other Picture Quote #1

I think that before my son was born, I didn’t have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present Picture Quote #1

The reason I write is that I’m not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later on Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Before I started to make films, I didn’t give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world Picture Quote #1

What you experience in the army, aged 18 to 21, is what you take through all your life. You cross invisible lines: you shoot someone, get shot, break into people’s houses. It’s naive to think you won’t carry anything into your life Picture Quote #1

I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, when you are in a really constrained situation, it makes you more focused about what you want to say and where you’re heading. The most beautiful love poems that were ever written are sonnets, composed in a very constraining form Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

People in Israel would write in a high register, they wouldn’t write colloquial speech. I do a special take on colloquial speech. When I started writing, I thought [the language] was telling the story of this country: old people in a young nation, very religious, very conservative, very tight-assed, but also very anarchistic, very open-minded. It’s all in the language, and that’s one thing that doesn’t translate Picture Quote #1

What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words are biblical, one word is Russian, and one word is Yiddish. This kind of connection between very high language and very low language is very natural, people use it all the time Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I used to feel that if I say something’s wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that’s good enough Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I think that, in Hebrew, it’s like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story Picture Quote #1

The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Making up characters and places and plots, unlike fixing your plumbing or doing dishes, is anything but practical or rational. I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right Picture Quote #1

The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more so Picture Quote #1

When you work on a graphic novel or a film with people you’ve been together through a lot and you’ve exposed your secrets and weaker sides to each other Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it Picture Quote #1

When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation Picture Quote #1

I think that, in Israel, the greatest fear that people have, and I have it, too, is fear of genocide Picture Quote #1

I never know the endings when I write. It’s a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive to write when you already know. It’s like seeing a movie a second time Picture Quote #1

Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history Picture Quote #1

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I think that, in Israel, the greatest fear that people have, and I have it, too, is fear of genocide. (Etgar Keret Quotes) Etgar means challenge. And my family name is Keret, which means urban. So my name is urban challenge. My joke is, it’s a good description of a birth but a strange name for a human being. (Etgar Keret Quotes) When you work on a graphic novel or a film with people you’ve been together through a lot and you’ve exposed your secrets and weaker sides to each other. (Etgar Keret Quotes) I think that before my son was born, I didn’t have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present. (Etgar Keret Quotes) The reason I write is that I’m not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself. (Etgar Keret Quotes) 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. (Etgar Keret Quotes) I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later on. (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 (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. (Etgar Keret Quotes) What you experience in the army, aged 18 to 21, is what you take through all your life. You cross invisible lines: you shoot someone, get shot, break into people’s houses. It’s naive to think you won’t carry anything into your life. (Etgar Keret Quotes) I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful. (Etgar Keret Quotes) Sometimes, when you are in a really constrained situation, it makes you more focused about what you want to say and where you’re heading. The most beautiful love poems that were ever written are sonnets, composed in a very constraining form. (Etgar Keret Quotes) 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. (Etgar Keret Quotes) People in Israel would write in a high register, they wouldn’t write colloquial speech. I do a special take on colloquial speech. When I started writing, I thought [the language] was telling the story of this country: old people in a young nation, very religious, very conservative, very tight-assed, but also very anarchistic, very open-minded. It’s all in the language, and that’s one thing that doesn’t translate (Etgar Keret Quotes) What happens when you speak colloquial Hebrew is you switch between registers all the time. So in a typical sentence, three words are biblical, one word is Russian, and one word is Yiddish. This kind of connection between very high language and very low language is very natural, people use it all the time (Etgar Keret Quotes) 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 (Etgar Keret Quotes) I used to feel that if I say something’s wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that’s good enough (Etgar Keret Quotes) 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 (Etgar Keret Quotes) I think that, in Hebrew, it’s like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story (Etgar Keret Quotes) The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about (Etgar Keret Quotes) 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 (Etgar Keret Quotes) Making up characters and places and plots, unlike fixing your plumbing or doing dishes, is anything but practical or rational. I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right (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 (Etgar Keret Quotes) When you work on a graphic novel or a film with people you’ve been together through a lot and you’ve exposed your secrets and weaker sides to each other (Etgar Keret Quotes) As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people’s life (Etgar Keret Quotes) Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it (Etgar Keret Quotes) When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation (Etgar Keret Quotes) I think that, in Israel, the greatest fear that people have, and I have it, too, is fear of genocide (Etgar Keret Quotes) I never know the endings when I write. It’s a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive to write when you already know. It’s like seeing a movie a second time (Etgar Keret Quotes) Hebrew is this unique thing that you cannot translate to any other language. It has to do with its history (Etgar Keret Quotes)

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