"From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge."

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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.

— Etgar Keret