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But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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The origin of each story is unique.
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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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May God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal!
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Farewell” is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by 2 oversize mice in black hoods. Words that you would like to hear are “Take me instead, I will go to the dungeon in my sons place.” There is a great deal of comfort in those words.
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I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book.
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As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well.
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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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I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.
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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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It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it.
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I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.
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Holly McGhee said I should come to dinner with them. That first dinner, I said something pretty smart-alecky, and Alison [McGhee] laughed really hard at it. It made me happy.
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Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!
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I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.
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Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted.
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In my stories for children, I sometimes show a hard, harsh, dangerous world. I'm going to show you the way it is, but I'm going to also tell you that there's every reason to hope.
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For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups: I'm writing poems.
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Life is hard. Life is beautiful. Life is difficult. Life is wonderful.
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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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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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