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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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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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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Perhaps, said the man, you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.
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If there is anything that I think I might use later, I underline it.
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We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?
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