So we [with Kate DiCamillo] would act them out, we would toss ideas back and forth, we would laugh, we would argue.… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
“Why would you save me? Because you, mouse, can tell Gregory a story. Stories are light. Light is precious in a world… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Our rule was that we [with Kate DiCamillo] would write everything together, literally every word. — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
I feel like I am walking in some amazing footsteps of writers who have come before me, like S.E. Hinton, Walter Dean… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
We had so much fun together as friends that I suggested we [with Kate DiCamillo] write a book together. — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
I don't think we [with Kate DiCamillo] intended to write a book about friendship, I think we intended to write a book… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
So we [with Kate DiCamillo] decided to give the friends an object and see what they did with it. The object was… — Alison McGhee Copy Share Image
![“So we [with Kate DiCamillo] would act them out, we would toss ideas back and forth, we would laugh, we would argue. Sometimes it went really well, sometimes it was such a pain in the ass. Our other rule was that we wouldn't work on it at all when we weren't in the other's presence. It was really…” quote by Alison McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ea6/alison-mcghee-15698_arguing_so-we-with-kate-dicamillo-would-act-them_382879.jpg)
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![“So we [with Kate DiCamillo] decided to give the friends an object and see what they did with it. The object was a sock and it went from there. Once we got going, once we got on a roll, it became very easy to work together and to figure out how to do it. We would meet for two-hour segments, usually…” quote by Alison McGhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/73e/alison-mcghee-15698_decided_so-we-with-kate-dicamillo-decided-to-giv_2315802.jpg)