My family was all police and hard hats at the refineries; they didn't know what to think about me. So I became a closet writer. Robert Crais More Quotes by Robert Crais More Quotes From Robert Crais She asked me why I always had something flip to say. I said that I didn't know, but having been blessed with the gift, I felt obliged to use it. Robert Crais flip use blessed A dog could see your heart in your eyes, Budress told him, and dogs were drawn to our hearts. Robert Crais eye dog heart The sense of smell in all dogs is their primary doorway to the world around them. Robert Crais smell dog world People want you to be ordinary. They don't like it when people are different. They don't like it when a man soars over their heads while they stand in the dirt. People hate you when you're special; it reminds them of everything that they aren't. Robert Crais hate men people Some of us find our way with a single light to guide us; others lose themselves even when the star field is as sharp as a neon ceiling. Ethics may not be situational, but feelings are. We learn to adjust, and, over time, the stars we use to guide ourselves come to reside within rather than without. Robert Crais stars light feelings Everyone knows dogs. Most people love dogs. I think most American families probably have a dog, but I don't think people really realize or understand just how wonderful and special dogs are. Robert Crais dog people thinking Dogs give us something just as we give something to them. Robert Crais dog giving First and foremost I am a commercial writer, and I hope to entertain people. But having said that, I'm in love with the relationship between humans and dogs, and the more I learned about what our military working dogs are doing, I wanted to at least share with people what an important role these animals have in all our lives. Robert Crais military dog animal I began to encounter real-life stories of dogs protecting their wounded or dying or dead handler... or dogs refusing to leave the bodies of the people they were bonded to, sitting in cemeteries for days or sometimes weeks. You find these stories endlessly. Robert Crais real dog people Everything we are is anchored in our childhoods. The drama comes in how we deal with it. Are we slaves to our past, or can we rise above it? This is the stuff of great stories. Robert Crais childhood drama past I admire people who re-create themselves. And it seems to me that what gives us all the opportunity to be heroic in our own lives is that we work to heal ourselves and be better than we were yesterday. Robert Crais yesterday opportunity people Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny. Robert Crais dry people thinking My fiction is almost always inspired by a character's need or desire to rise above him- or herself. No one is perfect and some of us have much adversity in our lives; it is those people who struggle to rise above their nature or background that I find the most interesting and heroic. Robert Crais adversity struggle character Los Angeles is the evolutionary edge. Robert Crais los-angeles edges L.A.'s magic has let me see every level of the dream. Robert Crais magic levels dream The relationship between a military working dog and a military dog handler is about as close as a man and a dog can become. You see this loyalty, the devotion, unlike any other and the protectiveness. Robert Crais loyalty military dog Lucy took a single plain donut from the bag and held it for me to take a bite. Tender and light and still warm from the frying. Not too sugary. Robert Crais cooking light food I have these huge black foam boards on the wall, and tacked to them, I have these white punch cards with my story ideas, scenes and notes. Robert Crais wall white ideas When dogs fulfill their roles they are ecstatically happy. Robert Crais roles dog Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise, but all you are is a child yourself in a larger body. Nothing is ever what it seems. The things that you think you know are never certain. I know that now. I wish that I didn't, but I do. Robert Crais wise children thinking
