Etgar Keret Quotes

Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

Etgar Keret

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: israeli
  • Birth: August 20, 1967

Topics

IdentityAmericanFeelFriendsMean

Retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product in almost every case.

Jim Crace

WritingEndCareerBitternessAvoid

Who is the ideal reader? God only knows.

John Barton

GodOnlyIdealWhoKnowsReader

I have to say one of the most gratifying things about being in this industry for a long time is you do develop a genuine sense of community with the people you know and collaborate with.

Tony Goldwyn

CommunityTimePeopleLongYouKnow

I think the guys that get to the All-Star Game deserve a lot of credit. They deserve their opportunity to get out there and let the baseball fandom see them.

Tony La Russa

OpportunityBaseballGameThinkSee

It seems like Weezer has gotten better and better at getting attention for everything besides our music. Part of that is just the nature of our culture now - you really have to scream to get some attention, so people even know you have a record out that they might want to listen to.

Rivers Cuomo

NatureMusicCulturePeopleBetter

Not everybody even gets to live with their own family because they have to go to L.A. or New York or wherever to work and find a job and leave their family back home. But every day, I get to work with my family - if I want to.

Rob Kardashian

WorkFamilyHomeLiveDayJob

Hopefully I'll get to make another movie, so we'll see. But modeling - all the actresses are taking everything over now, with all the modeling endorsements and magazine covers.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

ModelingNowOverEverythingSee

Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not.

Marty Robbins

GoodDayGood DaySunEvery Day

Although I loved Liza as a little girl, it would be true to say I really didn't know her.

Lorna Luft

GirlLovedBe TrueKnowSayTrue

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.

Diane Wakoski

GoodPoetryThinkEventsWordVenue

I just take the fights and do what I love.

Donald Cerrone

LoveTakeJustFightsI Love

I cried most days working on the first draft. The last scenes were the hardest. I had a feeling where I wanted to end - the exact note - but I couldn't see how to get there. Sarah Murphy, my editor, asked the right questions to help me. I think of 'The Bear' as a hopeful book.

Claire Cameron

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