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

~Etgar Keret

Topics: Cultural Dictated Israel Language Prophets Role See Themselves Which Write Writer Writers You

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Generally, all my life, I have had strong friction with life - I was a problematic soldier, I was kicked out of the army, I was in fights. There was something about writing that was a way of experimenting with this emotion.

~Etgar Keret

Topics: About All My Life Army Emotion Experimenting Fights Friction Generally Had Kicked Life My Life Out Problematic Soldier Something Strong Way Writing

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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

Topics: Get Language Neighbourhood Nobody Only Outside Started Stories Them Thought Would Writing

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It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in the objective dangers someone takes. You don't have to fight snakes or wake up in a strange apartment to have a story; it's about what goes on inside your mind and soul.

~Etgar Keret

Topics: About Apartment Both Dangers Fight Goes Inside Interest Lot Mind Objective Reading Snakes Someone Soul Story Strange Takes Took Understand Up Wake Wake Up Writing You Your

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I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop got stolen. When I told people this, they acted as if something tragic had happened, but I kind of felt relieved, grateful to the thief who saved me from another year of something that felt more like homework than fun.

~Etgar Keret

Topics: Acted Another Felt Fun Got Grateful Had Happened Homework Kind Laptop Life Like Me More My Life Novel Once Pages People Relieved Saved Something Stolen Than Thief Tragic Tried Who Write Written Year I Tried

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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.

~Etgar Keret

Topics: About Accounts Always Being Compulsive Discouraging Embarrassing Facebook Get How Make Make Up Me Myself Situations Stories Storyteller Time-Consuming Twitter Up Will

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Writer

Born: August 20th, 1967

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