A. B. Yehoshua Motivational Quotes

In my DNA, the Zionist gene is extremely strong.

The malady of the Jews is that they don't see territory as part of their identity.

For 50 years - that is, for most of my adult life - I worked tirelessly for the two-state solution in the face of countless frustrations, both on the part of the Israeli governments and the Palestinian Authority.

World War II was a trauma that paralysed writers. It was something metaphysical, diabolical.

Jews outside Israel live in permanent contradiction. I think they should come home.

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

In a time of crisis, there is rational tendency to turn to the writer.

Our synagogues are spread all over the world, and we want people to respect them and look after them. And we have to respect the places of prayer of others.

We have to rethink the two-state solution.

In my own view, Hamas's frustration derives from a lack of legitimization by Israel and by much of the world. It is this frustration that leads them to such destructive desperation. That's why we need to grant them status as a legitimate enemy - before we talk about an agreement or, alternatively, about a frontal war.

Let us not forget: The Palestinians in Gaza are our permanent neighbors, and we are theirs.

I admit I think it is immoral for Jews to live in the Diaspora.

I come from two parts of the oriental community - Jerusalemite and North African Jews.

At the heart of anti-Semitism lies Moses. He made a catastrophic error, a terrible mistake, and all anti-Semitism for two thousand years stems from his misjudgement. Moses said we Jews could remain a people without having a land. He said we don't need territory to hold onto our Jewish identity. This was a disaster.

I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories.

It's not what the rabbis say that defines Jewishness but what we Israelis do every day - our actions and our values.

We're living with the Arabs; we have to understand them... Through knowing the Arabs, you know yourself better.

Israelis are the total Jews.

The literary trappings and moralizing of science fiction I find insufficiently compelling.

I am a serious reader, and I read slowly.