The Tale of Despereaux is the story of an unlikely hero, a mouse, who falls in love with a princess and then… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“There is somebody who loves me," said Despereaux. "And I love her and that is the only thing that matters to me.” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“Despereaux was reading the story out loud to himself. He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux's love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I was visiting my mother in Florida when the September 11, 2001 attacks happened. I was working on The Tale of Despereaux… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In The Tale of Despereaux, there is a lot of darkness, a lot of despair. There's also a lot of light, redemption,… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In luggage claim at the Minneapolis airport, the guy came up to me and said, "Maybe you're wrong, maybe stories do matter."… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
But still, here are the words Despereaux Tilling spoke to his father. He said, "I forgive you, Pa!" And he said those… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
So here I am, sending a two-ounce mouse down into a dungeon with a sewing needle to save a human princess, and… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I think that that's part of how people have responded to The Tiger Rising. It's what I call my dark child. It's… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
“If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
Reader, you may ask this queston. In fact, you must ask this question. Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I tell, which… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons why I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
“If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have found what I am supposed to do and to get to do it. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
“Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
“Dear God, thank you for warm summer nights and candlelight and good food. But thank you most of all for friends. We appreciate the… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
I remember wanting to write a book with someone, the someone being Kate [DiCamillo], and we decided to write about two friends. We had… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share
