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Reading is my passion.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Passion
Reading

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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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Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?
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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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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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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 world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
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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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I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.
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The funny thing is, when I've gone through the relentless editing process, my editor and I are amazed the Mercy Watson books still make us laugh. The same jokes that made us laugh the first time around still make us laugh in the 16th rendition.
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Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)
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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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If there is anything that I think I might use later, I underline it.
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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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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
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The themes in my books, like in life, are about grace and redemption and you never know when they're going to show up and what form they're going to be in. Stories emerge from keeping your heart open to the people that cross in front of you or the dogs or the mice, and their ability to open you up and enrich your life.
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How will the world change if we do not question it?
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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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Her sister, Holly McGhee, is an agent, and she's my agent in New York. She's Alison's agent too. Even though Alison lives here in Minneapolis, I met Alison through Holly, when Holly came to Minneapolis to visit Alison.
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But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.
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Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.
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