When it is my editor telling me how to rewrite a story, I listen and do what she asks because I have learned that I get a better book in the end. I can't say I'm happy when I read that editorial letter. It is always a little painful and scary. But I have learned that - bit by bit - I can make the changes and do the work.
Nobody ever learns anything. - Kate Dicamillo
Nobody ever learns anything.
- Kate Dicamillo
I actually do like traveling. - Kate Dicamillo
I actually do like traveling.
Reading is my passion. - Kate Dicamillo
Reading is my passion.
I don't know what Alison [McGhee] thinks, but I very strongly doubt that we will ever see the parents of Bink or Gollie. However, I do think it would… - Kate Dicamillo
I don't know what Alison [McGhee] thinks, but I very strongly doubt that we will ever see the parents of Bink or Gollie. However, I do think it would…
The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is necessarily going to get brok… - Kate Dicamillo
The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is necessarily going to get brok…
I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, yo… - Kate Dicamillo
I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, yo…
It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter. - Kate Dicamillo
It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift. - Kate Dicamillo
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.
I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's par… - Kate Dicamillo
I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's par…
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