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"My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12."
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"Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family."
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"It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters."
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"Children observe everything with caution."
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"Children are holy angels."
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"Children are sacred beings."
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"Blessed your mum, who carried you in a womb for nine months."
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"Children are the most fearless souls on earth."
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"Children can see the beatitudes in nature."
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"Fatherhood is sacred."
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"Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will f--- you up, every time."
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"My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding."
Wedding
"There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America."
America
"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."
Love
"I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying."
Fiction
"Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community."
Community
"I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets."
Publishing
"The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart."
Family
"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."
History
"My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12."
Family
"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."
Bible
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