If You Change Your Diet, Someone Will

When I Say Compromise I Do Not Mean Capitulation. When I Say Compromise I Definitely Do Not Mean What Jesus Christ Meant When He Offered Us To Turn Our Other Cheek To Our Enemies. Compromise Means, Try To Meet The Other Somewhere Half-way. And, This Can Only Happen If The Other Is Willing To Go Half-way In Order To Meet You. That Is The Very Strict Line Between Compromise And Capitulation.

I Prefer To Talk About The Gift Of Literature Rather Than Its Role Or Task.

I Would Love To Leave My Children And Grandchildren A Nicer World Than The One I Am Going To Leave Them. But Bearing In Mind That I Was Born In The World Of Hitler, Mussolini And Franco, The Legacy I Leave Them Might Not Be As Terrible As The Legacy My Parents And Grandparents Left To Me.

Each Time I Have The Urge In Me To Make A Statement Or Send A Message Or To Issue A Manifesto, I Don't Bother To Write A Novel. I Write An Article And Publish It In A Popular Newspaper, Or I Make A Television Appearance. I Would Not Waste Five Years Of My Life In Order To Send To The Israeli Readers A Simple Message Such As, "let Us Change A Policy Or Stop The Settlements," Or, "let Us Strive For Peace." This Is Not What It Is About.

The Palestinians Are Not Going Anywhere - -they Have Nowhere To Go. The Israeli Jews Also Aren't Going Anywhere - They Have Nowhere To Go. But We Cannot Become One Happy Family, Because We Are Not. So, We Have To Divide The House Into Two Smaller Apartments And Learn How To Say, "good Morning" In The Hall Every Day. Eventually, Perhaps We Will Pop In On Each Other For A Cup Of Coffee. But We Need This Semi-detached House, A Two-family Unit.