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I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Write
Live
Children
Writing
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Currently
Adults
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It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.
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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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Nobody ever learns anything.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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The words, I have a dog named Winn-Dixie, popped into my head in the voice of a small girl with a southern accent. I'd been writing long enough at that point to know not to ignore that kind of red flag. The next day, I put aside what I'd been working on, started with that one sentence, and followed it all the way to the end.
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Each new friendship can make you a new person, because it opens up new doors inside of you.
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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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I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.
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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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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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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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There are so many difficult things and stories can make them palatable. That's the way I have always felt.
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Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” “Mmmm-hmmm,” said Gloria. She closed her eyes. “I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.
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And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen.
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If there is anything that I think I might use later, I underline it.
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Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux's love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous.
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How will the world change if we do not question it?
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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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I think, oh my god, kids are reading, and they care about a book enough to come over and talk to me about a book that they care about. If I think about it as being a celebrity, it would freak me out. But I just think, lucky me, that I get to be a part of this whole thing.
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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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