We have this thing as human beings: we have a profound need for story. That's what kids need. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I like going to schools and telling classes that when I was a child, I failed every "will this kid become a… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
What would make me happiest is if kids read these books [Bink & Gollie] and think: there is so much to love… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I was a kid who lived to read. It was the primary pleasure of my existence. It's still one of the primary… — 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… — 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
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
This is the great thing about writing for kids. Adults might not do anything if they recognized me. But if they do… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I think, oh my god, kids are reading, and they care about a book enough to come over and talk to me… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I loved to read, but I didn't write and I didn't create imaginary worlds. So, if one… — 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 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