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My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.
Kate DiCamillo
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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
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Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
Kate DiCamillo
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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.
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
Kate DiCamillo
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I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.
Kate DiCamillo
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore.
Kate DiCamillo
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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.
Kate DiCamillo
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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.
Kate DiCamillo
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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
Kate DiCamillo
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