If We're A Family And Your Brother

What Connects Me So Strongly To Israel Is The Fact That I'm Second Generation. My Parents Said, "we Have A Place Where We Can Just Be Ourselves And Nobody Says, 'don't Tell Me Your Opinion, You Damn Jew, Go Somewhere Else.'" Then You Go To This Country And Other Jews Tell You To Shut Up. It's Frustrating. I Think That We Have A Bad Government And That Some People Are Fearful. They're Going With The Class Bully. But I Really Truly Believe - You Read It In My Stories - That Deep Inside, People Have Goodness.

I Don't Need Art To Tell Me People Are Assholes. I Can Just Go Into The Streets.

The One Who Swallows Cactuses With Spines Should Not Complain About Hemorrhoids.

The Reason I Write Is That I'm Not In Dialogue With My Emotions; Writing Puts Me In Touch With Myself.

My Stories Are Very Compact. I Want Them To Say The Most Complex Things In The Simplest Way.