Kate DiCamillo Quotes

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

Looking back, I think that's why I did music. I'd get home from school and the house would be so quiet.

It seemed uncanny that words, spread across a page just so, had the power to transport me to another time or place. But they could.

Whether it's a kid in high school who doesn't have any friends and finds friends in my characters, or a guy in Afghanistan, who's trying to forget what he did that day, and trying not to think about what he's gotta do tomorrow... I give them a little bit of an escape.

This is nourishing, redemptive; we become less alone inside.

There are widows who long for friendly voices and that spirit of anxious concern which speaks of love.

I still don't like going to bed alone.

I love the power of words - no music or special effects - and I want to demonstrate that power.

Part of the power of all storytelling is reassurance, offering hope to those sat in the darkness, that good can succeed and wrongdoing fail.

Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.

There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known.

I was scared of the dark. Ohhhh, I'd do anything not to have to sleep on my own. I'd get in bed and cover myself with dolls and teddy bears.

The tongue is more to be feared than the sword.

We'll have nothing to fear.

For most of my childhood, even through college, there was a lot of feeling very alone. I loved TV, so when those very special episodes of anything came, or when certain characters reflected the world I lived in, I felt connected.

Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.

Films were really my church. As a young kid, it was movies and books; it was nothing remarkable, really, just that is where I felt soothed, that is where I felt most myself... safest.

We all have movies for times in our lives when we really need something.

There are some people who make you feel less lonely.

My job is not to frighten children, but sometimes addressing fears and concerns within the safe boundaries of a picture book can fill me with an awesome responsibility to be as truthful and transparent as possible.

Going home helps the content.

There's a longing in country music that can soften even the rockiest heart.

Hanging out with the Trees is like hanging out with your family, and I hardly ever see my family.

What I love about going home is that, if I turn my phone off or don't open my computer, nothing's changed. Obviously, the world has changed for me, but home looks and feels exactly the same.