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I'm not saying that i don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is the place where we can try to be human. i think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic. when i see this kind of stuff, i think, they're smart, but i don't need art to tell me people are assholes. i can just go into the streets.
-Etgar Keret
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I'm Not Saying That I Don't Experience

Etgar Keret
I'm not saying that i don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is the place where we can try to be human. i think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic. when i see this kind of stuff, i think, they're smart, but i don't need art to tell me people are assholes. i can just go into the streets.
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