Kids Quotes by Kate DiCamillo

Everything when I was a kid was illustrated.

— Kate DiCamillo

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

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open…

— Kate DiCamillo

We have this thing as human beings: we have a profound need for story. That's what kids need.

— Kate DiCamillo

Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up.

— Kate DiCamillo

To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things…

— Kate DiCamillo

What would make me happiest is if kids read these books [Bink & Gollie] and think: there is so much to love…

— Kate DiCamillo

I like going to schools and telling classes that when I was a child, I failed every "will this kid become a…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read…

— Kate DiCamillo

I think, oh my god, kids are reading, and they care about a book enough to come over and talk to me…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

This is the great thing about writing for kids. Adults might not do anything if they recognized me. But if they do…

— Kate DiCamillo

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

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