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In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Light
Warmth
Sometimes
Step
Time
Doors
Steps
Inside
Open
Dark
Community
Magically

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In The Tale of Despereaux, there is a lot of darkness, a lot of despair. There's also a lot of light, redemption, hope. There's forgiveness, there's friendship, there's love. But the world in all of its potential craziness is also there.
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The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears.
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Life was so short so many beautiful things slipped away.
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Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)
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As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well.
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I'm continually astonished with myself how different people bring out things in me that I never knew I had inside me. Each new friendship can make you a new person, because it opens up new doors inside of you.
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I write two pages - that's all I write. It takes me about an hour. I've learned that's all I'm capable of and to push myself beyond that is foolhardy. It's a very delicate thing, and I will not abuse it. So I write two pages, then I get up from the computer.
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When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
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I'm grateful for every teacher or librarian who reads a book and says, This is exactly the book that so-and-so needs to read I'll get it in his hands. I'm amazed at the network of adults who make sure that kids get books.
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All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all.
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As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.
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I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
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What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?
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There is no right or wrong way to tell a story. You have to find your own way. You can get your idea from listening, looking, or imagining. Stories are everywhere. All you have to do is pay attention.
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Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up.
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Her sister, Holly McGhee, is an agent, and she's my agent in New York. She's Alison's agent too. Even though Alison lives here in Minneapolis, I met Alison through Holly, when Holly came to Minneapolis to visit Alison.
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I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.
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The origin of each story is unique.
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Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!
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There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.
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