Animal Quote by Jim Davis

Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not.

— Michael Shermer

It seems natural to surround my fictional world with animals because my reality is full of them. When I'm sitting there conceiving a story,…

— Sara Gruen

It would appear that I just love writing many different stories.

— Sarah Pinborough

Sometimes I'm more inspired by stuff that tells a story and less inspired by stuff that's not a natural extension of what I'm already…

— Orlando Jones

I want to stay close to the groove of people's individual human stories. I can't see that there's anything more interesting than that. That's…

— Lucinda Coxon

The truth about an animal is far more exciting and altogether more beautiful than all the myths woven about it.

— Konrad Lorenz

Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.

— Michael Shermer

I'm endlessly intrigued by stories, and I love helping someone to formulate his or her story. I can drift off when I'm reading pure…

— Andrew Solomon

Animal personalities have always intrigued me, the desire to find out more about them made a reader out of me.

— Bill Peet

I always begin with a source of inspiration that comes from nature. The story comes from my research, volunteering, and meeting the people involved…

— Mary Alice Monroe

I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas.

— Steven Soderbergh

Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.

— James Ransone