Kate DiCamillo Quotes

I think of myself as an enormously lucky person... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing.. view

By: Kate DiCamillo

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

By: Kate DiCamillo

My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore... view

By: 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 fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?.. view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I like to think of myself as a storyteller... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I hate to cook and love to eat... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading... view

By: Kate DiCamillo

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness... view

By: Kate DiCamillo