The Same Story

But it is the same story, over and over in many ways, you know. I'm always obsessed with the same things, and I think that most writers are. You get a couple of themes and if you're lucky, you can keep on turning it and shining different light on it, but it's always that forgiveness and redemption and friendship and hope. So where does the inspiration come from? I always have a notebook with me, I eavesdrop, I write down what people say. It's very rare that one of those things will provoke a story, but I think that that kind of paying attention all the time, and keeping everything open, lets the stories come in. But where they come from is still a mystery to me.

Kate DiCamillo

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