I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up. — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community. — Anita Diament Community Copy Share Image
I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community. — Anita Diament Community Copy Share Image
I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy. — Anita Diament Childhood Copy Share Image
There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America. — Anita Diament America Copy Share Image
The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart. — Anita Diament Cathedral Copy Share Image
I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying. — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when… — Anita Diament Babies Copy Share Image
I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took… — Anita Diament Book Copy Share Image
It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the… — Anita Diament Bible Copy Share Image
November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang… — Anita Diament End of the day Copy Share Image
I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after… — Anita Diament Books Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff. — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12. — Anita Diament Childhood Copy Share Image
The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible. — Anita Diament Bible Copy Share Image
My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life. — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker… — Anita Diament Copy Share Image
Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these… — Anita Diament Documentaries Copy Share Image
As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year… — Anita Diament Access Copy Share Image
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and… — Anita Diament Book Copy Share Image
