Quotes from Robert DeMott

What have we done with our twin sister that the culture has forced us to abandon at birth?" So many Middle Eastern poets and

Every strong novel redefines our conception of fiction's dimensions and reorders our awareness of its possibilities.

I'll just say it: I've never liked stories about dogs. Stories about hunting dogs. Sheep dogs. Bloodhounds. St. Bernard's with casks of brandy. Dogs that could talk, count, sing arias, walk on two feet or dance the boogaloo. - Richard Ford, in the foreword 'The Beast at my Feet

kind of person who could achieve anything if only he wasn't dysfunctional enough not to.

All dogs are born with a death sentence, they hunt for us, and then they are gone. They do not get to stay either young or strong forever. It's an old truth but still we have to relearn it with each dog. Rick Bass, in the story Old Dog

I have come to regret being right about anything anymore.

I'm not a good dog trainer for the same reasons I am not a Republican: I endorse all forms of social anarchy.