A biography for Kate DiCamillohasn’t been written yet.
“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.”
“Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They have this abiding notion that war is fun. And no history lesson will convince them differently.”
“Everybody reading the same book at the same time pulls people together. It does start a conversation. If you're going to read 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane,' you're going to talk about heartbreak and loss and all of those things that people don't talk about as a community.”
“'Island of the Blue Dolphins' by Scott O'Dell had a huge impact on me.”
“I have no talents. But I do have hope. And wonder. And love. Maybe those are talents?”
“But that is impossible," said Peter."Magic is always impossible," said the magician. "It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it is magic.”
“I have been loved said Edward to the stars.”
“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.”
“Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons why I always make sure I have a notebook with me.”
“There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.”
“I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect us to each other, and that reading together changes everybody involved.”
“The world is dark, and light is precious.Come closer, dear reader.You must trust me.I am telling you a story.”
“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 is bring everybody together in the same room.”
“My parents are separated. My father left when I was six years old.”
“We have this thing as human beings: we have a profound need for story. That's what kids need.”
“What is?', he said. 'What if?' is a question that belongs to magic.”
“I can never tell if anything I do is really good. I'm always just slightly chagrined.”
“How do you make your kids read more? It needs to be presented as a joy and a privilege to get to do it, and the kids should get to see you as a parent reading for your own pleasure. It's not something you send your kids off to do, 'Go into your room and read for 15 minutes or else.' It becomes a task then.”
“I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.”
“There's this amplification that happens anytime you tell a story. You let it go out into the world. It's the most beautiful thing. All I can do is look at it in wonder and amazement.”