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If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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When I get to a point in my book writing when I don't know what I'm going to do next, I'll come back look at underlined passages and see if the images I wrote still have a certain amount of resonance for me.
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That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
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I am just always, always paying attention - waiting for the words, or image, or name that will be the beginning of a story.
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I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.
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Besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl? The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.
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Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?
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