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
I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community. — Anita Diament Community Copy Share Image
Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community. — Anita Diament Community Copy Share Image
I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up. — Anita Diament Grew Copy Share Image
My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding. — Anita Diament Converted 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 real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff. — Anita Diament Cream 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 Air 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
One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare… — Anita Diament Bones 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
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 Advance 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
There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute — Anita Diament Add Copy Share Image
I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying. — Anita Diament Difficult 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
There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America. — Anita Diament America Copy Share Image
My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life. — Anita Diament Adult 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
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
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
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 Accent 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
