The Tiger Rising is, again, about a motherless child. His name is Rob Horton. He is dealing with the death of his… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
SEASONS PASSED, FALL AND WINTER and spring and summer. Leaves blew in through the open door of Lucius Clarke’s shop, and rain,… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Alison [McGhee] and I have known each other since the summer of 2001. One evening we were sitting around talking about how… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
While we were working, we were writing about a tall girl and a short girl, which we thought was funny, because Alison's… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I'm not exactly sure how old the girls are [in Bink & Gollie], but I can pretty much guarantee that their parents… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The words, "I have a dog named Winn-Dixie," popped into my head in the voice of a small girl with a southern… — 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 Image
“If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
![“Alison [McGhee] and I have known each other since the summer of 2001. One evening we were sitting around talking about how we wished we had a good story to work on. Alison said: Why don't we work on a story together? I said: A story about what? And Alison said: A story about a short girl and a…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b02/kate-dicamillo-599_evening_alison-mcghee-and-i-have-known-each-othe_1790961.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a8/kate-dicamillo-599_girl_while-we-were-working-we-were-writing-ab_2059664.jpg)
![“I'm not exactly sure how old the girls are [in Bink & Gollie], but I can pretty much guarantee that their parents will never show up. That would mess up the fun. I do, however, very much like Kate's idea of having Tony [Fucile] draw their portraits.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/92a/kate-dicamillo-599_draws_i-m-not-exactly-sure-how-old-the-girls-a_2826945.jpg)
![“I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound like whiners - about how hard writing is, and how we didn't have a story to work on. Alison said, 'Why don't we work on writing something together,' and I said, 'Eh, I don't know…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a2d/kate-dicamillo-599_complaining_i-was-over-at-alison-s-mcghee-i-think-we_2864462.jpg)
![“The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/333/kate-dicamillo-599_girl_the-way-we-started-was-alison-mcghee-sai_2988030.jpg)
![“[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/972/kate-dicamillo-599_answers_he-had-the-soul-of-a-poet-and-because-of_48829.jpg)
