Kate DiCamillo Quotes

I don't know what my mother was thinking, but she entered me in a Little Miss contest - Little Miss Orange Blossom, I think it was. And I don't remember anything about that, except I have one flash-bulb memory of standing on the stage and thinking, 'This is not where I should be.'

Kate DiCamillo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1964

Topics

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I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.

Andrew Davies

LoveEndWriteAlwaysLove Stories

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

Robert Quillen

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Everything I've done has always been my own made up world with its own rules and its own made up stories.

Robert Rodriguez

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Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.

John Hodgman

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I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had.

Jean O'Leary

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When I was in the 9th grade, on Halloween night, when you're supposed to go and out and burn your city, my mom made me go to 'Cirque du Soleil.' I was kicking and screaming. This girl came out onstage, and I was instantly mesmerized. I dropped out of school and became obsessed with her. I saw the show, like, 70 times.

Troy Garity

GirlSchoolCityMeMomNight

I think fear is unavoidable and that, when recognized and embraced, it's something that can work for you - especially in the audition room.

Trevor Donovan

WorkFearThinkYouRoomSomething

I hope fans will go back and listen to the Beatles and the Beach Boys or Led Zeppelin, or put on 'Tommy' and let them experience like I did that moment when 'Pinball Wizard' comes on.

Drake Bell

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All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day.

Bret Michaels

LifeDayMy LifeAlwaysBeenTaken

There are a lot of people who wait tables. And especially because you can do it at night and you can do your work in the day, she and I had a very similar experience.

Piper Perabo

WorkExperienceDayPeopleWaitYou

The fossil fuel industry maintains a science denial operation and a political influence operation designed to do just that. What's good for their business is more important to them than what's good for America.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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I don't weigh myself.

Seth Rogen

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