I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically. James Herriot More Quotes by James Herriot More Quotes From James Herriot If I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and gambolling around the room wagging my tail furiously. James Herriot gone dog tails I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears. James Herriot spring morning wind If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw. James Herriot care sick animal For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents. James Herriot lunch wife years It was Sunday morning (one a.m.), a not unusual time for some farmers, after a late Saturday night, to have a look round their stock and decide to send for the vet. James Herriot sunday animal morning I will write another book if I feel like it. James Herriot writing feels book I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago. James Herriot couple memories years There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me over the gate into a field or a pigpen, to make sure the old fellow wouldn't fall, I started to consider retiring. James Herriot animal retirement fall I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box. James Herriot boxes nasty letters They can't find my house now because I keep it very quiet where I live. James Herriot house quiet