Quote

The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.

Anita Diament

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Persons
Person
Book
Bible
Reader
Room
Rooms
Sort

More quotes by Anita Diament

Image
Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
Anita Diament
Image
If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
Anita Diament
Image
Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
Anita Diament
Image
on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.
Anita Diament
Image
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
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 you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.
Anita Diament
Image
I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
Anita Diament
Image
I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
Anita Diament
Image
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
Image
Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
Anita Diament
Image
My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
Anita Diament
Image
Weeping is terrible for the complexion said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, but it is very good for the soul.
Anita Diament
Image
Biblical names are hot again.
Anita Diament
Image
The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
Anita Diament
Image
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
Image
It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
Anita Diament
Image
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
Anita Diament
Image
I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
Anita Diament
Image
My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.
Anita Diament
Image
As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.
Anita Diament