Etgar Keret Quotes

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

Etgar Keret

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingStoryYouJumpKindGet

Being a star comes with not just fame and fortune, but with awareness and responsibility.

Joanna Krupa

ResponsibilityFameAwarenessStar

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

Anatoly Chubais

PropertyInstitutionLong-TermVery

I can give anyone a hard time.

Megyn Kelly

TimeI CanHardGiveAnyone

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

Mel Brooks

WarSoldierLastCombatMonthsWWII

The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.

Max Nordau

MindArtistFeelingBurdenOffIdea

We need to resist the temptation to create more entitlements and more entitlements, which is one of the reasons we are heading recklessly toward fiscal crisis.

Jeff Sessions

TemptationCreateCrisisMoreNeed

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

John Philip Sousa

GoodMusicPeopleBadAboveOnly

Influential people have a profound impact on everyone they encounter. Yet, they achieve this only because they exert so much influence inside, on themselves.

Travis Bradberry

PeopleInfluenceImpactAchieveOnly

I did not like 'The Hurt Locker.' It's a lazy way to make a movie, frankly. I could put you on the edge of your seat quite easily, and have you feel the tension for 2 hours, if every other scene practically is, 'Should we cut the red wire or the green wire?'

Michael Moore

RedGreenHurtFeelYouEdge

Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

Loretta Lynn

MyselfKnowRetireWashDishes

Tourism in India has the potential to promote faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth. It could be used as a powerful antidote to tackle poverty.

Chiranjeevi

GrowthPotentialPovertyPowerful

I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting harder all the time. I am very rich.

Allan Sherman

LiveTimeI AmRichTryingBeyond

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