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" My best time to write is right after coffee and breakfast - four eggs - because, full disclosure, I'm really a komodo dragon - and that's because then I'm energized but not so awake that the critical voice clicks on, the voice that sometimes says, 'Don't write that,' or, 'Man, that sentence is terrible - you should give up and go pet the cats.' "

Jeff Vandermeer

Man

Time

" I could never date a guy with a pet snake. "

" It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high. "

" Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last. "

" If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal. "

" There are things that I invented - the creaky geriatric robot that is always grumpy, for example, or the little wheelie guy, he's not in the Hasbro lore. But kids love that stuff - this little guy as a pet on a chain. They gravitate towards it. "

" You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings. "

" Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect. "

" We are deeply sorry for the loss of anything - from your luggage to, of course, a loved pet. "

" My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned that the more I collaborate, like by having someone do a soundtrack to one of my books, the more I see my own work differently. "

" What happens when you take a lion out of the safari and try to take him to your place of residence and make him a house pet? It ain't going to happen. That's the type of person that I am. I'm that lion. "

" I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies. "

" When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop. "

" My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not. "

" I do feel like by buying rats from a pet store, you are saving them because if not, they would get fed to a snake or something. "

" I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. "

" My biggest pet peeve are just girls who go to sports bars who have no intention on caring what teams are playing, like they're looking for just a night out. That drives me more crazy than anything else. Like, don't pretend to be a sports fan. "

Jerry Ferrara

Pet

Crazy

" I am a pet person. My dog actually lives in Georgia now. But I work with animal trainers and pets quite often. I also volunteer at different places like animal shelters. It's good to be around pets. They kind of put things into perspective. They're easygoing, loyal, and they seem to get it, even when humans don't. "

Alyson Stoner

" Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life. "

" Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. "

" I hate when people don't keep their word or they are late. Tardiness is a big pet peeve of mine. "

" Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar. "

Joel Hodgson

Pet

Brother

" Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint. "

" I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him in other ways than just being my pet. So I investigated sheep herding and took a few lessons, and decided I was probably learning more than my dog! "

" If the Beastie Boys and the Beach Boys and Pet Shop Boys can stay boys, so can we. "

" Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. "

" I'm a writer who stacks cat food for a living. It's true: I have a master's degree in creative writing, I've published two critically successful books, and I get paid to replenish the shelves of my local food co-op with pet food, sponges and toilet paper. Nine days out of 10, I do it quite happily. "

" I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about. "

" My dad is an entomologist and research chemist. That's why he was in Fiji, studying the rhinoceros beetle invasive species. "

Jeff Vandermeer

Fiji

Why

" The smallest feline is a masterpiece. "