What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I think of Mercy Watson like a superball; there's a bouncy kind of optimism to her stories. She allows me to play,… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
If memory serves me correctly, and it doesn't always, Kate [DiCamillo] and I met in the fall of 2001 at the former… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Every morning for, I don't know how long, I came over to Alison's [McGhee] house and we sat in her office and… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, when I've gone through the relentless editing process, my editor and I are amazed the Mercy Watson books… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
One, we [with Alison McGhee] laugh a lot - that was great. Two, I enjoy writing, but it's a lonely undertaking. To… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
[Our first dinner with Alison McGhee] was at Figlio's [in Minneapolis]. I know exactly what I had, because it was so good:… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Don't drop him," said Peter's mother to his father. "Don't you dare drop him." She was laughing. "I will not," said his… — 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
![“What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and laugh, just as we did when we wrote them.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/370/kate-dicamillo-599_book_what-i-hope-is-that-the-book-bink-gollie_1084324.jpg)
![“If memory serves me correctly, and it doesn't always, Kate [DiCamillo] and I met in the fall of 2001 at the former Figlio's restaurant in Minneapolis. We were laughing within a minute of meeting - always a good sign.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0bb/kate-dicamillo-599_fall_if-memory-serves-me-correctly-and-it-doe_2968684.jpg)
![“Every morning for, I don't know how long, I came over to Alison's [McGhee] house and we sat in her office and wrote the stories "out loud" together. We yelled at each other and made each other laugh. It was a lot of fun.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/455/kate-dicamillo-599_every-morning_every-morning-for-i-don-t-know-how-long_2433344.jpg)
![“One, we [with Alison McGhee] laugh a lot - that was great. Two, I enjoy writing, but it's a lonely undertaking. To have someone in the room with me is an absolute delight and makes it seem less impossible. It became a kind of comforting, joyful process.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/216/kate-dicamillo-599_absolutes_one-we-with-alison-mcghee-laugh-a-lot-th_3084502.jpg)
![“[Our first dinner with Alison McGhee] was at Figlio's [in Minneapolis]. I know exactly what I had, because it was so good: their three-cheese ravioli. But I can't remember what I said to Alison that night that made her laugh so hard. But she got me right away and I got her right away.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e35/kate-dicamillo-599_cheese_our-first-dinner-with-alison-mcghee-was_2392668.jpg)
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