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
believe son holocaust
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.
children parent unhappy
As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them happy.
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.
collaboration artistic sometimes
The amazing thing about an artistic collaboration is that it is as intense and intimate as a romantic one. Sometimes even more so.
people secret together
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.
mean names challenges
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.
girl kissing want
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.
brother wish happy-family
If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.
mother war challenges
For my mother, having a family was the most important thing in her life. In the Second World War, it was a challenge - surviving physically and mentally and finding somebody who you loved and who was willing to be with you.
people married sometimes
As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people's life.
israel facts generations
What connects me so strongly to Israel is the fact that I'm second generation.
safe-haven ideas brochures
This idea where, in this safe haven for Jews, Jews will threaten to kill other Jews, it wasn't in the brochure.
book character unique
When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.