Bruce Feiler Professions : WriterBorn : October 25, 1964 Browse All Authors Top 67 quotes by Bruce Feiler Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives. Bruce Feiler dinnerheardkids Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive. Bruce Feiler confessionhatebook Even Superman's name reflects his creators' biblical knowledge. Bruce Feiler creatorbiblicalnames I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual connection. Bruce Feiler connectionsgenerationsspiritual One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces are aligned against us? Bruce Feiler forcewritingworld The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps. Bruce Feiler family-historyembracesuccessful Tired of nagging your kids to hurry up, get dressed, drink their milk and brush their teeth? Here's a radical idea: Don't. Bruce Feiler tiredkidsideas I had always believed that I left a bit of me wherever I went. I also believed that I took a bit of every place with me. Bruce Feiler always-believebitsleft Love is a story we tell with another person. It's cocreation through conarration. When you hit bumps in the road and challenges, you write a new chapter in your story together. Love is the constant act of revising and retelling your own story in real time. You don't do it by yourself. You do it with someone else. The only way you do that is to talk to each other and create a shared narrative. Bruce Feiler realwritinglove-is I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the topic - an academic treatise about publishing from the WWII era. Bruce Feiler libraryeraswriting Moses became Americas true founding father because he evangelized action; he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty. Bruce Feiler riskfatherpeople Decades of research have shown that most happy families communicate effectively. But talking doesn't mean simply 'talking through problems,' as important as that is. Talking also means telling a positive story about yourselves. Bruce Feiler importanttalkingmean When it comes to gender, marriage, family, work, and religion - we once thought of them as being fixed, but they're incredibly fluid. The same is true for love. Love was not something that was originally built between two equal partners in a relationship. It's something that's been hard-earned over time. Bruce Feiler genderequal The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story. Bruce Feiler storieswaythinking The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet. Bruce Feiler skeletonslineswant Religion is increasingly a woman's domain in America. Bruce Feiler domainamerica When you hit the unimaginable, the only answer is imaginativeness. You have to heal with the person that you're suffering with. You have to write a new chapter in your story. A relationship can be a sacred thing, but it's going to be difficult. There are going to be challenges. You are going to have pain. But working it through and being resilient is as sacred and meaningful as having a "Hollywood" romance. Bruce Feiler painwritingmeaningful Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around — it's easier, and frankly, we're usually right. [But] reverse the waterfall as much as possible. Enlist the children in their own upbringing. Bruce Feiler orderkidschildren Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause. Bruce Feiler turtleswalksworld Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too. Bruce Feiler emotionalplaychildren Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writerAll Authors
