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Writer Quotes by Kate DiCamillo

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A notebook is the writer’s constant companion, catching names that pop up in the mind. Stories are meant to bring everyone together, not as a chore but as a shared gift that parents can give by reading aloud. Learning each new book feels like a fresh lesson in the craft.

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“A great reader makes a great writer”

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You have to learn how to write each book.

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Reading is my passion.

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I read whatever the publisher sends me.

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Writing is seeing. It is paying attention.

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I like to think of myself as a storyteller,

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If you read, the world is your oyster. It truly is. Reading makes everything possible.

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As Elmore Leonard says, I write to find out what happens.

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I need to write, and I can't write when I'm on the road.

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If I am just home and writing, I become very strange.

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In a first draft, I concentrate on moving forward and trying not to panic.

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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

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When I do it [writing] by myself, there's a lot more terror and uncertainty.

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I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.

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He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight…

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It's a very powerful, emotional thing to read a book, and to reduce it to a series of questions in a test…

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It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I…

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Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents.

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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

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It's a book [Bink & Gollie] about shortness and tallness, so I think it's appropriate to discuss the virtues of shortness.

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I didn't really start to write until I was almost 30, and I started with the short stories.

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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.

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We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you…

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If you sit down and read with your kid, either having your child read to you or you reading to your child…

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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…

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

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I journal for about half an hour, and by the time that's done, the business day on the East Coast has begun.…

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A typical day for me is I get up at 6:00, the coffeemaker goes on automatically and the computer gets turned on.…

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If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are…

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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…

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It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as…

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“Well, you know, I've been in so many writing workshops, writing classes, and to the right of me and to the left…

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So here I am, sending a two-ounce mouse down into a dungeon with a sewing needle to save a human princess, and…

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It is always just telling a story, regardless of the age of the reader. Except, if I'm writing something for kids, I…

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I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I…

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Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons…

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I was a kid who lived to read. It was the primary pleasure of my existence. It's still one of the primary…

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So much of writing is like walking down a dark hallway with your arms out in front of you. You bump into…

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I was someone who wanted to be a writer but who wasn't writing. I was someone buying books on writing. I was…

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My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I…

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[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers.

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

You have to learn how to write each book.

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I remember wanting to write a book with someone, the someone being Kate [DiCamillo], and we decided to write about two friends. We had…