At Guernica Meakin Armstrong has a Q & A with Etgar Keret, We Can Try to Be Human.
Among his observations:
Among his observations:
In America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the badly written good story. Turning the hierarchy around and putting passion on top and not craft, because when you just focus on craft, you can write something that is very sterile. It looks beautiful, but soulless.Also interesting:
Apparently, I'm very, very popular in jails. [...] Most of them were murderers. But when I went there to talk, they were the nicest people.