I’m not going to make judgments about what people are reading. I just want them to be reading. And I think reading one book leads to another book. Kate DiCamillo Read Quote
To me, this is one of the great things about writing kids’ books: the illustrations. Kate DiCamillo Read Quote
If you read, the world is your oyster. It truly is. Reading makes everything possible. Kate DiCamillo Read Quote
How do you make your kids read more? It needs to be presented as a joy and a privilege to get to do it, and the kids should get to see you as a parent reading for your own pleasure. It’s not something you send your kids off to do, ‘Go into your room and read for 15 minutes or else.’ It becomes a task then. Kate DiCamillo Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I write in my house, at my desk, where I have Christmas lights strung over it to try and convince me that I’m having a good time. I can’t really write anywhere else. Kate DiCamillo Read Quote
I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children. Kate DiCamillo Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one? Kate DiCamillo Read Quote
