Aharon Appelfeld
Aharon Appelfeld
Aharon Appelfeldis an Israeli novelist...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 February 1932
CountryIsrael
Aharon Appelfeld quotes about
writing stories wells
A story is not only meaning, it's music as well.
civilization voice individuality
The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.
believe men different
I see myself as a man who is searching for meaning in life. This is rather different from being a staunch believer in something. A believer is someone who senses a consciousness or a direction and believes in it. The one who searches for meaning has not found the direction yet.
art reality imagination
Can art be completely invented? It's a matter of shaping reality with the help of imagination.
night nightmare rich
My nights are a nightmare, quite often, but the nightmares are rich. I nourish myself by those nights.
mind littles togetherness
A person has to be by himself a little bit. We weren’t born in a flock. Togetherness drives me out of my mind.
writing metaphor catastrophe
I am not writing in metaphors. I am writing about catastrophes.
writing israel people
The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him.
young-parents people loses
People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.
feelings naked generations
I had a feeling that my generation-and me, also-we were naked. We did not belong to anything.