Kate DiCamillo Quotes - Page 8

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• Never in his life had Edward been cradled like a baby. Abilene had not done it. Nor had Nellie. And most certainly, Bull had not. It was a singular sensation to be held so gently and yet so fiercely, to be stared down at with so much love. Edward felt the whole of his china body flood with warmth. (page 128)

  Kate DiCamillo

  Baby, Done, Bulls

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• Nothing new ever happens in the books. It's the same old theme.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Book, Theme, Happens

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• The Watsons have lost sight of the fact that Mercy Watson is a pig, and they love her truly, madly, deeply. They live next door to two elderly sisters, Eugenia Lincoln and Baby Lincoln. Eugenia Lincoln is horrified that a pig is living in the house next door. Baby Lincoln secretly likes Mercy a great deal.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Baby, Sight, Pigs

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• As Elmore Leonard says, I write to find out what happens.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Writing, Happens

  TeachingBooks.net Interview, www.teachingbooks.net. November 12, 2005.

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• There can be a lot of longevity in the repetition of things being told again and again in a variety of ways.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Way, Repetition, Longevity

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to do more for her. (page 135)

  Kate DiCamillo

  Ruth, Care, Pages

  Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”, p.121, Candlewick Press

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• It's a book [Bink & Gollie] about shortness and tallness, so I think it's appropriate to discuss the virtues of shortness.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Book, Thinking, Virtue

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• At least Lester had the decency to weep at his act of perfidy. Reader, do you know what 'perfidy' means? I have a feeling you do, based on the scene that unfolded here. But you should look up the word in your dictionary, just to be sure.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Mean, Feelings, Looks

  Kate DiCamillo (2013). “The Essential Kate DiCamillo Collection”, Candlewick Press

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• I didn't know at the time I was writing Because of Winn-Dixie where the story came from, but in retrospect I can see that it was a response to a terribly harsh winter here in Minnesota.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Writing, Winter, Dixie

  TeachingBooks.net Interview, www.teachingbooks.net. November 12, 2005.

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• [Our first dinner with Alison McGhee] was at Figlio's [in Minneapolis]. I know exactly what I had, because it was so good: their three-cheese ravioli. But I can't remember what I said to Alison that night that made her laugh so hard. But she got me right away and I got her right away.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Night, Laughing, Three

  "Q & A with Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee". Interview with Claire Kirch, www.teachingbooks.net. September 9, 2010.

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• 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 writing is, and how we didn't have a story to work on. Alison said, 'Why don't we work on writing something together,' and I said, 'Eh, I don't know if I could work that way.' She said, 'Well, just show up here and we'll see,' and I said, 'Well, what would it be about?' She said, 'Duh, it'd be about a tall girl and a short girl.' So I agreed to come and try it for a day.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Girl, Writing, Thinking

  "Q & A with Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee". Interview with Claire Kirch, www.teachingbooks.net. September 9, 2010.

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• Miracles and magic pervade the things that I've written, but yet there are no miracles and there is no magic.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Miracle, Magic, Written

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• 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.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Book, Phones, People

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• Alison [McGhee] and I have known each other since the summer of 2001. One evening we were sitting around talking about how we wished we had a good story to work on. Alison said: Why don't we work on a story together? I said: A story about what? And Alison said: A story about a short girl and a tall girl.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Girl, Summer, Talking

  Interview with Eliza Borné, bookpage.com. September 2010.

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• So, yes, at least from my end. You could say there's a lot of Alison [McGhee] in Gollie too.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Ends

  "Q & A with Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee". Interview with Claire Kirch, www.teachingbooks.net. September 9, 2010.

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• 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 wanted to be a chipmunk; I think 4'10" was the cutoff.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Character, Thinking, Enough

  "Q & A with Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee". Interview by Claire Kirch, www.publishersweekly.com. September 9, 2010.

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• 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 be fun to make Tony Fucile draw portraits of the parental units and have those portraits sitting on Bink's mantel or in Gollie's kitchen. Glowering. A little.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Fun, Thinking, Parent

  Interview with Eliza Borné, bookpage.com. September 2010.

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• We [me and Alison McGhee] probably wouldn't have said that when we were writing the stories, but it is so apparent to me in the finished product. For me, looking at Bink, it's like looking at myself on the page in a way that I've never experienced with any other book that I've written.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Book, Writing, Stories

  "Q & A with Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee". Interview with Claire Kirch, www.teachingbooks.net. September 9, 2010.

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• I'm in trouble if they can't, because everyone's taller than me, and if that's true, that means I can't have any friends! Alison [McGhee] and I look very much like, I was going to say Bink and Gollie, but I meant Mutt and Jeff. We look ridiculous when we walk down the street together, because she's so tall and I'm so short. But yes, tall people and short people can, and should be, friends. I, personally, like being short. I think it makes things easier.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "Q & A with Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee". Interview with Claire Kirch, www.publishersweekly.com. September 9, 2010.

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• What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and laugh, just as we did when we wrote them.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Children, Book, Laughing

  Source: bookpage.com

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• What's my weirdest adventure? Yikes, there've been so very many. Perhaps the pig+vegetable+Taiwanese-army-guys boat ride to the island off the coast of Taiwan qualifies as the weirdest. Or at least the most seasick.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Adventure, Army, Islands

  Source: bookpage.com

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• I love adventurous travel. I also love pancakes, and making pancakes for other people. You would definitely find me in the airy treetop as opposed to below ground.

  Kate DiCamillo

  People, Pancakes, Adventurous

  Source: bookpage.com

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• 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 be in. Stories emerge from keeping your heart open to the people that cross in front of you or the dogs or the mice, and their ability to open you up and enrich your life.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Dog, Book, Heart

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups: I'm writing poems.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Children, Book, Writing

  Source: bookpage.com

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• I'm not exactly sure how old the girls are [in Bink & Gollie], but I can pretty much guarantee that their parents will never show up. That would mess up the fun. I do, however, very much like Kate's idea of having Tony [Fucile] draw their portraits.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Girl, Fun, Guarantees That

  Source: bookpage.com

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