Kate DiCamillo Quotes About Mercy

• I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Character, Mercy

• Mercy Watson is obsessed with toast. What was blocking me was the challenge of trying to understand what she loves, what motivates her. That was the missing piece. Toast became the physical symbol of Mercy's hopefully endearing greed and obsession. Without that element in place, it didn't make sense.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Block, Greed, Missing

  Fuente: www.teachingbooks.net

• The Watsons have lost sight of the fact that Mercy Watson is a pig, and they love her truly, madly, deeply. They live next door to two elderly sisters, Eugenia Lincoln and Baby Lincoln. Eugenia Lincoln is horrified that a pig is living in the house next door. Baby Lincoln secretly likes Mercy a great deal.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Baby, Sight, Pigs

  Fuente: www.teachingbooks.net

• Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Watson love Mercy [Watson]. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot, if you want to be so generous as to call it a plot, turns on those elements. love Mercy. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot, if you want to be so generous as to call it a plot, turns on those elements.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Baby, Hate, Likes

  Fuente: www.teachingbooks.net

• The funny thing is, when I've gone through the relentless editing process, my editor and I are amazed the Mercy Watson books still make us laugh. The same jokes that made us laugh the first time around still make us laugh in the 16th rendition.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Book, Editors, Editing

  Fuente: www.teachingbooks.net

• Mercy Watson is pure fun for me as a writer, because I think of her as kind of sorbet - a palate cleanser - between larger works. It's always a relief to come back to her.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Fun, Thinking, Relief

  Fuente: www.teachingbooks.net

• Pienso en Mercy Watson como si fuera una superbola; hay una especie de optimismo saltarín en sus historias. Me permite jugar y me hace reír. Espero que los lectores sientan lo mismo.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Thinking, Play, Laughing

  Entrevista en TeachingBooks.net, www.teachingbooks.net. 12 de noviembre de 2005.

• Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Character, Long, Mercy

  Entrevista en TeachingBooks.net, www.teachingbooks.net. 12 de noviembre de 2005.

• Mercy Watson is a pig. She lives with Mr. and Mrs. Watson, who are not pigs. I had that basic premise, but I couldn't make it work. I would come back to it, try it, see that I was failing, and put it aside.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Pigs, Trying, Failing

  Fuente: www.teachingbooks.net

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