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title: "5 Loud Quotes By Kate DiCamillo"
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> [The draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/the-draft-that-finally-goes-to-my-editor-doesn-t-get-into-her-hands/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/kate-dicamillo-599_draft_the-draft-that-finally-goes-to-my-editor_460275.png)

> [Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/say-it-reader-say-the-word-quest-out-loud-it-is-an-extraordinary-word/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/kate-dicamillo-599_adventure_say-it-reader-say-the-word-quest-out-lou_679579.png)

> [ Every morning for, I don't know how long, I came over to Alison's \[McGhee\] house and we sat in her office and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/every-morning-for-i-don-t-know-how-long-i-came-over-to-alison-s/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/kate-dicamillo-599_every-morning_every-morning-for-i-don-t-know-how-long_2433344.png)

> [Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/once-upon-a-time-he-said-out-loud-to-the-darkness-he-said-these-words/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/kate-dicamillo-599_darkness_once-upon-a-time-he-said-out-loud-to-the_2506365.png)

> [I read my books out loud to myself because of the demands of the story and demands of language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/i-read-my-books-out-loud-to-myself-because-of-the-demands-of-the/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/kate-dicamillo-599_book_i-read-my-books-out-loud-to-myself-becau_2692030.png)

## Other authors on Loud

## More by Kate DiCamillo

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/in-luggage-claim-at-the-minneapolis-airport-the-guy-came-up-to-me-and/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [“If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/if-every-babe-who-cried-were-still-alive-well-then-the-world-would-be/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/my-father-leaving-the-family-shaped-who-i-was-and-how-i-looked-at-the/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/reader-you-may-ask-this-queston-in-fact-you-must-ask-this-question-is/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/it-wasn-t-until-my-fifth-or-sixth-book-where-i-realized-i-m-trying-to/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [ \[He\] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/he-had-the-soul-of-a-poet-and-because-of-this-he-liked-very-much-to/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/everything-about-writing-is-hard-for-me-except-for-that-the-names-pop/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/reading-a-story-should-be-a-fabulous-wonderful-thing-the-most/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [You have to learn how to write each book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/you-have-to-learn-how-to-write-each-book/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [“If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/if-you-have-no-intention-of-loving-or-being-loved-then-the-whole/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have found what I am supposed to do and to get to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/i-feel-like-the-luckiest-person-in-the-world-to-have-found-what-i-am/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [“Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/everything-as-you-well-know-having-lived-in-this-world-long-enough-to/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [“Dear God, thank you for warm summer nights and candlelight and good food. But thank you most of all for friends. We appreciate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/dear-god-thank-you-for-warm-summer-nights-and-candlelight-and-good/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/there-ain-t-no-point-in-making-soup-unless-others-eat-it-soup-needs/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

> [ I remember wanting to write a book with someone, the someone being Kate \[DiCamillo\], and we decided to write about two friends. We had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/i-remember-wanting-to-write-a-book-with-someone-the-someone-being/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

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