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Life is hard. Life is beautiful. Life is difficult. Life is wonderful.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.
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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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While we were working, we were writing about a tall girl and a short girl, which we thought was funny, because Alison's [McGhee] tall and I'm short.
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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.
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Nobody ever learns anything.
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Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
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All of that loneliness and longing in my heart got transferred into the book Because of Winn-Dixie, I guess.
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I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
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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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The origin of each story is unique.
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The closest I can get to describing what happens is that voices come to me. I feel like I'm accessing something that is deeper and richer than me.
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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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I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.
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This is the great thing about writing for kids. Adults might not do anything if they recognized me. But if they do see me, and they're with a kid, they'll tell the kid who I am. They think they should give that to the kid. So generally that sends the kid over.
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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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He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair maiden lived together happily ever after.
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There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.
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As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well.
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Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?
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