Author: Anita Diament

Quotes

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

- Anita Diament

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

- Anita Diament

There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.

There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.

- Anita Diament

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.

- Anita Diament

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.

- Anita Diament

Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.

Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.

- Anita Diament

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

- Anita Diament

My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.

My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.

- Anita Diament

Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.

Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.

- Anita Diament

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