I do ask myself sometimes, what am I doing writing about…

“Which brings me to the point of this call." Thank God, baby Jesus, and the Holy Ghost.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

When I was a kid and wanted to grow up to be a writer, I assumed I would be writing about animals and children…

— Sigrid Nunez

“This is my manifesto. My attempt to nudge people toward something, or back toward something. Toward what? An understanding that most of us already…

— david gessner

If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals…

— J. M. Coetzee

If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners.

— Robert Breault

“It is quite possible that an animal has spoken civilly to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.…

— E.B. White

If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them…

— Anonymous

“He’s a man, after all. They want to know what they believe they need to know, which is minimal because they are raw, uncivilized,…

— Debbie Macomber

If animals could talk, they would tell us that the human beings should be simply more simple and less complicated.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I used to wonder, when my grandmother would tell me what the wolf said to the jackal, how these animals can talk. And, she…

— John Kani

On talk shows I ask myself, 'What am I doing here?'

— Bess Myerson

It's easy to question yourself and ask if you're doing a good job, but there are so many different factors to landing a role.…

— Bridgit Mendler

The dog is a reflection of your energy, of your behavior. You have to ask, 'What am I doing?' That's the right question to…

— Cesar Millan

“People ask me how am I doing in life instead of how hurt am I by the life.”

— Nadair Desmar

It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.

— Miley Cyrus