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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.
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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I am just always, always paying attention - waiting for the words, or image, or name that will be the beginning of a story.
Kate DiCamillo
I read my books out loud to myself because of the demands of the story and demands of language.
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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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Writing is seeing. It is paying attention.
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Holly McGhee said I should come to dinner with them. That first dinner, I said something pretty smart-alecky, and Alison [McGhee] laughed really hard at it. It made me happy.
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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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There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.
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All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all.
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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 was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
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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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Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted.
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It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.
Kate DiCamillo
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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In luggage claim at the Minneapolis airport, the guy came up to me and said, Maybe you're wrong, maybe stories do matter. I wrote that on a scrap of paper and put it above my desk. That was the thing that pushed me through to the end of telling Despereaux, that comment, Maybe they do...maybe stories matter.
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It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is for them to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.
Kate DiCamillo
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them and to let their kids see them reading books for their own pleasure.
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You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter.
Kate DiCamillo
The origin of each story is unique.
Kate DiCamillo
I've never worked with a co-author before [Alison McGhee]. Writing for me is a pretty scary thing, so it was a huge comfort to have someone in the room working with me. It became less like work and more like play.
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