Every morning for, I don't know how long, I came over to Alison's [McGhee] house and we sat in her office and wrote the stories "out loud" together. ….

I always wanted to be a character, when I worked at Disney, but I wasn't short enough for certain characters and I wasn't tall enough for others. I w….

We were 15 minutes into it and nothing was happening; I thought, well, that's not going to work. Then all of a sudden everything clicked. I don't kno….

I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book..

The Tiger Rising is, again, about a motherless child. His name is Rob Horton. He is dealing with the death of his mother, when he and his father move….

You don't realize what you're going to get, and you can't prepare yourself for it..

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer..

But still, here are the words Despereaux Tilling spoke to his father. He said, "I forgive you, Pa!" And he said those words because he sensed that it….

The themes in my books, like in life, are about grace and redemption and you never know when they're going to show up and what form they're going to ….

Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?.

I remember wanting to write a book with someone, the someone being Kate [DiCamillo], and we decided to write about two friends. We had no idea how to….

I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound like whiners - about how hard….

One, we [with Alison McGhee] laugh a lot - that was great. Two, I enjoy writing, but it's a lonely undertaking. To have someone in the room with me i….

A typical day for me is I get up at 6:00, the coffeemaker goes on automatically and the computer gets turned on. I pour a cup of coffee, listen to Ga….

The closest I can get to describing what happens is that voices come to me. I feel like I'm accessing something that is deeper and richer than me..

I love words; I love the way they sound. Once I've worked on everything else, the last drafts of my books come down to how they sound..

The 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 ….

As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well..

Magic is always impossible.... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic..

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light..

Love, as we have already discussed, is a powerful, wonderful, ridiculous thing, capable of moving mountains. And spools of thread..