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Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.
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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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing I wanted to be a Writer.
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At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt himself heading into another faint. But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux's feet.
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Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.
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If the world held magic powerful enough to make the elephant appear, then there must exist, too, magic in equal measure, magic powerful enough to undo what had been done.
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To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things will happen. Maybe they won't, but it has to keep on moving.
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Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!
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The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.
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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 feel like I've been blessed. I see the world through stories.
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No one cared what she wanted. No one had ever cared. And perhaps, worst of all, no one ever would care.
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Life is hard. Life is beautiful. Life is difficult. Life is wonderful.
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Nobody ever learns anything.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.
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This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.
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There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.
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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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Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
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The origin of each story is unique.
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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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