Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)
Kate DiCamilloMay God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal!
Kate DiCamilloI 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.
Kate DiCamilloMercy Watson is obsessed with toast. What was blocking me was the challenge of trying to understand what she loves, what motivates her. That was the missing piece. Toast became the physical symbol of Mercy's hopefully endearing greed and obsession. Without that element in place, it didn't make sense.
Kate DiCamillo