Quote by Michael Gerard Bauer

“Stories have a job to do. They can't just lie around like lazybone dogs. They have to teach you something.”

— Lloyd Jones

“Pretend you are a dog like me and listen to other people rather than steal their stories.”

— Garth Stein

“If you live with dogs, you'll never run out of things to write about.”

— Sharon Delarose

“Learn to listen! I beg of you. Pretend you are a dog like me and listen to other people rather than steal their stories.”

— Garth Stein

“I'm not a superhero, but I try to live brilliant in life. At this moment, it's our destiny.”

— Syuqaira

“The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About anything.”

— Patrick Ness

“We are story animals. And we need to tell our stories in as direct, as unmediated, and as emotionally resonant a way as possible.”

— Stephen Apkon

“Hank is a dog, not a human dressed up in a dog suit. Humans share some of his flaws, but I get my ideas…

— John R. Erickson

“A person's true character lies somewhere until after you might have pressed the wrong button without knowing, then you'll realize that there are dogs…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“Dogs make us believe we can actually be as they see us.”

— Monks Of New Skete

“Everything is a story and you are the hero.”

— Rainbow Rowell