The Reason I Write Is That I'm

Apparently, I'm Very, Very Popular In Jails. They Often Ask Me To Come And Speak.

Maybe In The General Scheme Of Things He Couldn't Find Any Meaning In Life, But On A Smaller Scale It Was Okay. Not Always, But A Lot Of The Time.

When My Books Were Translated, It Was Always About The Characters, Because The Unique Language Aspect Was Lost In Translation.

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.

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.