Kate DiCamillo

I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.

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.

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.

Rewriting isn't just about dialogue; it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene.

Generally, screenplays suck.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.