“But she couldn't help it. She did hope. She was hoping. She had been hoping all along.” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I have no talents. But I do have hope. And wonder. And love. Maybe those are talents? — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“Quest. Say it, reader. Say the word "quest" lout loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In my stories for children, I sometimes show a hard, harsh, dangerous world. I'm going to show you the way it is,… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Love is in all of the books, and that's the connective tissue between them. There's a lot of hope in me; I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I find that when I write for children, I am more hopeful, less cynical. I don't use different words or a different… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Reader, do you think it is a terrible thing to hope when there is really no reason to hope at all? Or… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It is always just telling a story, regardless of the age of the reader. Except, if I'm writing something for kids, I… — 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
It's such a potent thing, to be a kid. We grow up, and we don't want to remember how everything is so… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Writing a novel isn't like building a brick wall. You don't figure out how to do it, and then it gets easier… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“There’s no point in going on if you feel that way. No point at all. You must be filled with expectancy. You… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“A squirrel flies in," said Dr. Meescham. "This I did not expect at all. It is what I love about life, that… — 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
