Kate DiCamillo

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.

I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.

Generally, screenplays suck.

Rewriting isn't just about dialogue; it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.