Literature Belongs First And Foremost

Literature May Open A Third Eye In The Middle Of The Reader's Forehead.

My Musical Instrument Is Hebrew And, To Me, This Is The Most Important Fact About My Writing. I Write In Words. I Don Write In Sounds Or In Shapes Or In Flavors. I Write In Words. And My Words Are Hebrew Words.

I Never Regard My Characters, My Protagonists, As Personifications. It's Not That I Sit By My Desk And I Pick Up A Character Who Will Be The Spokesperson Of The Israeli Left, Another One Will Be The Spokesperson Of The Right, Another One Will Be The Spokesperson Of Middle Eastern Jews, European Jews, Religions Jews And So On.

Black Box Is Not A Statement About Injustice Committed Against Sephardi Oriental Jews Or About The Extremism Of Religious Jews Or The Lack Of Imagination Of The Old Israeli Elites. It's A Human Story, In My View, First And Foremost About A Mystical Communion Between Enemies. This Is The Inner Story Of The Novel. This Is My Business As A Novelist. It Is Not About Positions And Ideas.

If People Are Pro-israel, They Are Pro-israel One-hundred-and-twenty Percent. If They Are Anti-israel Or Pro-palestinian, They Tend To Be Pro-palestinian One-hundred-and-twenty Percent. I Don't Think A Decent Person Has To Choose Between Being Pro-israel And Pro-palestine. I Think You Have To Be Pro-peace.