“I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of forma...” — Kate DiCamillo Quote

“I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.”

“It's a very powerful, emotional thing to read a book, and to reduce it to a series of questions in a test strips something away from the book.”

“How do I feel when I look back at prior work? Hmmm. I think, 'I tried to do the best I could do. It's not perfect. It will never be perfect.' And then I think, 'I want to try again.'”

“Acting is a tough industry. There are a lot of kids out there at drama schools and not a lot of money about, especially as the arts are being cut.”

“I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do.”

“The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.”