Quotes by israeli authors

When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share something with my readers. The whole idea of writing is this place where you lose control, where you're irresponsible - it's a very liberating place. Etgar Keret
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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
You Writing Somewhere Kind Like Surfing Opposed Jump Get Where Story Use Novel
In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets. Etgar Keret
You Language See Prophets Write Writer Writers Israel Cultural Dictated Role Which Themselves
In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying. Etgar Keret
Saying Me You People Communicate Speak Sometimes Political Few Something Only Feel Around Limited Israel Reduction Dogs Discourse Hear Very Few People Pitch
When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get them. Etgar Keret
Writing Language Thought Neighbourhood Would Only Outside Nobody Get Stories Them Started
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. Etgar Keret
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Honey, have you ever seen a man knitting socks? Ezer Weizman
You Man Seen Honey Knitting Ever Socks
I definitely have a strong sense of my Jewish and Israeli identity. I did my two-year military service; I was brought up in a very Jewish, Israeli family environment, so of course my heritage is very important to me. Gal Gadot
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I represent the 'Wonder Woman' of the new world. Gal Gadot
Woman World New Wonder Wonder Woman Represent New World
I do cardio, but I don't like it as much. I'd rather do weights. Gal Gadot
Rather Weights Like Much Cardio
I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women. Gal Gadot
Myself Rights Woman Women Favor Independent Support Am Very Intelligent Being Much Successful Working
It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to. Gal Gadot
Strong Girl Important Superhero Look Female Boy Up
Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer. Gal Gadot
Dancer Up Wanted Choreographer Growing Growing Up
Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You've got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect. Gal Gadot
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I never planned on being an actress or Wonder Woman, but everything just happened, and I am grateful and happy and in love with what I do. Gal Gadot
Love Woman Happy Grateful Everything Never Am Wonder Wonder Woman Just Being Happened Planned Actress
There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.' Gal Gadot
Today Good You Women Strong Girl Wish Films Enough Characters See Strong Women More Writers Had Most Female Female Characters Heartbroken Roles Poor
I just keep active - everything that's challenging me, everything that I feel like doing. Gal Gadot
Me Active Everything Feel Like Doing Just Keep Challenging
I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water. Gal Gadot
Good Soul Balance Water Sometimes Try Healthy Everything Though Out Eat Drink Make Sure Tons
I like the lasso of truth. There is something so beautiful about the fact that people have to tell the truth when they have the lasso around them. And it's not too violent. Gal Gadot
Beautiful Truth People Too Tell About Something Fact Like Around Them Violent
I danced for 12 years, and I played a lot team sports: basketball, volleyball. Gal Gadot
Sports Danced Volleyball Years Lot Team Team Sports Played Basketball
The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off. Gal Gadot
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The Wonder Woman that you see in 'Batman v Superman' is a woman who has been around, and she's very experienced. She understands a lot about man. Whereas, in the standalone movie, we are telling the grown-up story, Diana becoming Wonder Woman, and this was a story that was never told before. Gal Gadot
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can. Gal Gadot
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Israel's a small country but both the audience and programme-makers are very sophisticated. Gideon Raff
Country Small Both Small Country Sophisticated Audience Israel Very
I'm Israeli and gay. Gideon Raff
Gay Israeli
Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this. Golda Meir
Waiting World Men Other Secret Out Having Perfectly Look Reached Sure Passed Were The Secret Of Forty-Five Who Found
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