Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret
Etgar Keretis an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth20 August 1967
CountryIsrael
stories sometimes make-sense
Sometimes the stories are smarter than me, and suddenly these things start to make sense.
people stories type
The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about.
art decision stories
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.
writing wife stories
I remember a point in [writing] the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."
fall stories
Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.
unique thinking stories
I think that, in Hebrew, it's like the language creates a more unique and specific universe even before the story.
writing people stories
I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later on.
thinking stories smarter
It's funny, but I think my stories - the good ones - they're much smarter than I am.
stories embarrassing discouraging
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.
writing stories language
When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get them.
want way stories
My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.
writing thinking stories
I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't find the time to write it.
two stories months
I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.
talking giving stories
I have to admit that talking authoritatively about my students' stories can make me feel, at times, like an astronaut who has just landed on a new planet and insists on giving guided tours to its inhabitants.