In the beginning of the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Edward is more enamored of himself than he is of… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I was a kid who loved to read. I read everything I could get my hands on. I didn't have one favorite… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I'm grateful for every teacher or librarian who reads a book and says, "This is exactly the book that so-and-so needs to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I think we sent Tony Fucile pictures of ourselves, photos from like when we were seven years old. That's what he worked… — 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