I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I'm in trouble if they can't, because everyone's taller than me, and if that's true, that means I can't have any friends!… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It's a book [Bink & Gollie] about shortness and tallness, so I think it's appropriate to discuss the virtues of shortness. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
On the return flight from my mother in Florida , I sat next to a businessman who asked me what I did… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I think Tony Fucile, who did the illustrations [for Bink & Gollie], is an absolute genius. I've never met him. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I don't know what my mother was thinking, but she entered me in a Little Miss contest - Little Miss Orange Blossom,… — 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
“Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel. Huge portions of what is loosely termed "the squirrel brain" are given… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I don't know what Alison [McGhee] thinks, but I very strongly doubt that we will ever see the parents of Bink or… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
There's nothing more fabulous than an adult saying to you, "I think that you might like this one [book]." So I'm grateful… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Mercy Watson is pure fun for me as a writer, because I think of her as kind of sorbet - a palate… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
We all live in fear of getting blocked no matter what kind of art we're trying to do. It happens all the… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” “Mmmm-hmmm,” said Gloria. She closed her eyes. “I believe, sometimes, that… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Wayne Wang, the director of Because of Winn-Dixie the movie, understood the book and transferred as much of the feeling of the… — 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
It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Rats have a sense of humor. Rats, in fact think the world is very funny. And they are right, dear reader. They… — 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 there is anything that I think I might use later, I underline it. — 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
I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I… — 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
Did you think that rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart. And the heart of any living… — 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
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
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