I wasn't consciously writing in any genre. It really isn't a dog book, finally. . . . Mr. Bones is confined to a dog's body and he is a dog, objectively speaking. This is a dog who has mastered language, almost completely . . . He understands the nuances of English syntax and I don't think I've ever confronted a dog like that . . .
Dogs are extremely sensitive to emotions. . . .
Mr. Bones is a creature of great feeling. It became fascinating to me to write a book about feeling in that sense, in such a pure, unadulterated, unironic form. And in the end, I think of the book as a love story. It's supposed to lead you into a world that you accept as the real world. . . . He's talking to us.