It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I was a shy, terrified kid. But I was also a kid who was lucky enough to have friends. I laughed with… — 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
He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Alison [McGhee] and I have known each other since the summer of 2001. One evening we were sitting around talking about how… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Everybody reading the same book at the same time pulls people together. It does start a conversation. If you're going to read… — 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
You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound… — 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
![“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! Alison [McGhee] and I look very much like, I was going to say Bink and Gollie, but I meant Mutt and Jeff. We look ridiculous when we walk down the street together, because…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/739/kate-dicamillo-599_easier_i-m-in-trouble-if-they-can-t-because-eve_538284.jpg)
![“Alison [McGhee] and I have known each other since the summer of 2001. One evening we were sitting around talking about how we wished we had a good story to work on. Alison said: Why don't we work on a story together? I said: A story about what? And Alison said: A story about a short girl and a…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b02/kate-dicamillo-599_evening_alison-mcghee-and-i-have-known-each-othe_1790961.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)
![“I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound like whiners - about how hard writing is, and how we didn't have a story to work on. Alison said, 'Why don't we work on writing something together,' and I said, 'Eh, I don't know…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a2d/kate-dicamillo-599_complaining_i-was-over-at-alison-s-mcghee-i-think-we_2864462.jpg)
![“[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/972/kate-dicamillo-599_answers_he-had-the-soul-of-a-poet-and-because-of_48829.jpg)
