My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, always on the front line, and never hurt anybody.

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.

According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.

It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.

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.

For three months, a person sits and looks at you, imagining a kiss.

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?

Being ambivalent doesn't mean that you're a relevatist, that anything goes; it just means that you show the complexity of life. Life is always complex.

Life is a chaotic gives who will not add nothing to it and deprives who want to add to it

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

No one teaches mindfulness better than Thich Nhat Hanh.

A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.

Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it.

Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do.

Bit by bit, I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality.

Normal is a cycle on the washing machine. There is no such thing when it comes to human beings.