And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen.
Kate DiCamilloWhen I journal, I write about images that I've seen that I think might make good stories. I write about things that I hear that I think I can turn into a story. I write about the story that I'm working on and where I think it might go.
Kate DiCamilloMagic is always impossible.... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic.
Kate DiCamilloThe Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears."
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