As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.
Kate DiCamilloWhen we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
Kate DiCamilloReader, do you think it is a terrible thing to hope when there is really no reason to hope at all? Or is it (as the soldier said about happiness) something that you might just as well do, since,in the end, it really makes no difference to anyone but you?
Kate DiCamilloIn a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.
Kate DiCamilloIt is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as helpful to have people who don't believe in you, people who mock you, people who doubt you, people who enrage you. Fortunately, there is never a shortage of this type of person in the world ... write for yourself. Write for the story. And write, also, for all of the people who doubt you. Write for all those people who are not brave enough to do this grand and wondrous thing themselves. Let them motivate you.
Kate DiCamillo