Top 21 Quotes by Kate DiCamillo

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.

I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.

I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.

I 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.

Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.

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.

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.