Glenn Gould Quotes

I still prefer horses to human beings.

A lot of people, quite frankly, think intense attachments to animals are weird and suspect, the domain of people who can't quite handle attachments to humans.

When we have relationships with animals, we often make up who they are.

A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.

The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of artifice in the relationship, contrast sharply with the much trickier dealings with members of their own species.

After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language.

I love animals, and I feel more of a connection to animals than people.

My wife says that I become different once I start to work with animals. My movements become different, my mood is different. It involves letting everything fall behind you, becoming intuitive in your dealings with wild creatures in a way that bypasses reason. Sometimes it's more like a dance than anything else.

There ain't a man livin' who hasn't talked to his dog.

Often people who are wonderful with animals aren't always terribly good with human beings.

All those animals that were in the cages, I would spend a lot of time in those cages with the animals in-between shots, just hanging out, because I prefer animals to humans. If I get an opportunity to be with them, I'll usually take it.

I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.

It's wonderful to move forward technologically, but we cannot forget that we are human beings who thrive on relationships, who thrive on interconnectivity, who thrive on sharing your feelings and emotions.

A story about my life should not be particularly interesting, but it is: it's just about me and some kids who didn't know how to talk to each other. It's personal but not autobiographical.

I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people.

I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.

It's all about people. It's all about the subjectivity of what people love.

I converse with my dog through ESP.

A dog is a vehicle, you know; a dog is a window to Mother Nature, and that's the closest species we have.

As a child, I was consumed with a near-obsessive curiosity about what the world felt like for other creatures.

I have no problem with animals, I just like people more.

I slowly began making a few photos with animals over the years, and I liked how people reacted to them. When I would have the animals on set, I'd notice the way the models would interact with them and there was so much true emotion that you rarely see between two human beings.

I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?

If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.