I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
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.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
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.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
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.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
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.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
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.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
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.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
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.
quote by Kate DiCamillo
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!