Biblical names are hot again.

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.

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

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.

Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?

The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.

The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.

One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.

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.

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

One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.

Alice, it took big, dumb Talon Dodo thirty seconds to get you so pissed about a poker hand pun that you were about to beat him to death with your cane.

A demon obsessed with being human is a demon no longer

The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.

Until you know that life is interesting and find it so you haven't found your soul.

People believe what they want to believe. You have to run your race and be proud of the person you see in the mirror.

Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.

Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked for.

The greatest problem that war leaves, in a man, is how to recapture reality. That's because war is unreal.

Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.

I grew up raised by my mom and my two sisters, so I never had a real male influence in my life. I never really understood heterosexual male relationships.