Michael Scott

“It’s never too early for ice cream.” ~ Michael Scott

“First up, the lost and found has gone missing. It itself, is lost. So please try not to lose anything until we find it.” ~ Michael Scott

“You are not living, you are surviving.” ~ Michael Scott

“When you’ve lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you.” ~ Michael Scott

“I’ll have an awesome blossom, EXTRA awesome.” ~ Michael Scott

“You must learn to heed your senses. Humans use but a tiny percentage of theirs. They barely look, they rarely listen, they never smell, and they think that they can only experience feelings through their skin. But they talk, oh, do they talk.” ~ Michael Scott

“We humans are nothing more than the sum of our memories.” ~ Michael Scott

“People are dying who haven’t had that opportunity to say yes to the Lord.” ~ Michael Scott

“I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write.” ~ Michael Scott

“I’m not a magician. I’am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.” ~ Michael Scott

“And once begun, change cannot be reversed.” ~ Michael Scott

“People get caught up in asking whether Americans should be going here or there. What it boils down to is the call of the Lord. If the Lord has called you to a specific area, that’s where you are going to see the fruit.” ~ Michael Scott

“I wanted to be a librarian from a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are being taken to the local library. I ended up working as a bookseller. Becoming a writer was the logical offshoot of being a reader.” ~ Michael Scott

“The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.” ~ Michael Scott

“Reverse psychology is an awesome tool, I don’t know if you guys know about it, but basically you can make someone think the opposite of what you believe, and that tricks them into doing something stupid. Works like a charm.” ~ Michael Scott

“Villains often more the story along while the heros react to the villains, so the villain becomes the engine of the story.” ~ Michael Scott

“Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh I donno, I sing in the shower? Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I’ll hit somebody with my car. So sue me – no, don’t sue me. That is opposite the point I’m trying to make.” ~ Michael Scott

“We only part to meet again.” ~ Michael Scott

“My advice is to write about what you are interested in. If you read science fiction and fantasy, then write in that genre. If you read romance novels, then try writing one.” ~ Michael Scott

“Being immortal must have a lot of attractions. You can travel all over the world, see everything, do everything. But what happens if you are immortal and your friends and family are not? You are then destined to watch them age and die.” ~ Michael Scott

“All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.” ~ Michael Scott

“Love is the water of life, drink deeply.” ~ Michael Scott

“In my experience, we only ever regret the things we have not done.” ~ Michael Scott

“Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren’t out there asking questions about what people want and what they don’t want, now are they?” ~ Michael Scott

“Am I a hero? I really can’t say, but yes.” ~ Michael Scott

“This year, more people will use cocaine than will read a book to their children.” ~ Michael Scott

“The best moment is when you walk into a bookstore and see a pile of your books – that is the oddest experience in the world!” ~ Michael Scott

“You know I hate disappointing even one person, and I really hate disappointing everyone but I love burlington coat factory.” ~ Michael Scott

“There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless.” ~ Michael Scott

“Knowledge itself is never dangerous, it is how that knowledge is used that is dangerous.” ~ Michael Scott

“Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.” ~ Michael Scott

“I’m probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.” ~ Michael Scott

“The research. It is always the best part of writing. And, of course, it is the great excuse to travel.” ~ Michael Scott

“Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail.” ~ Michael Scott

“The only time I set the bar low is for limbo.” ~ Michael Scott

“The biggest challenge in working together is simply listening;.” ~ Michael Scott

“We’re all homos. Homo sapiens.” ~ Michael Scott

“There are some adventures not worth having.” ~ Michael Scott

“Impatience and stupidity claim more victims than any weapon.” ~ Michael Scott

“Distance makes everything beautiful.” ~ Michael Scott

“My mom always used to say that average people are the most special people in the world. And that’s why God made so many.” ~ Michael Scott

“When I said that I was king of forwards, you’ve got to understand that I don’t come up with this stuff. I just forward it along. You wouldn’t arrest a guy who was just passing drugs from one guy to another.” ~ Michael Scott

“Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It is like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, Hey man, I love you this many dollars-worth.” ~ Michael Scott

“Good or bad is a matter of perspective. I met an immortal hunami once, a man called William Shakespeare, who wrote that there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ~ Michael Scott

“The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind’s greatest strength.” ~ Michael Scott

“He who retreats lives longer.” ~ Michael Scott

“It is St. Patrick’s Day. And here in Scranton, that is a huge deal. It is the closest that the Irish will ever get to Christmas.” ~ Michael Scott

“Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.” ~ Michael Scott

“I never avoid something that challenges my guts and my heart. While I might occasionally puke my guts out, I have never puked my heart out.” ~ Michael Scott

“Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?” ~ Michael Scott

“I am both a night owl and an early bird. So I am wise and I have worms.” ~ Michael Scott

“Make friends first, make sales second, make love third. In no particular order.” ~ Michael Scott

“Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t know where it’s going. I just hope to find it somewhere along the way. Like an improv conversation. An improversation.” ~ Michael Scott

“At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.” ~ Michael Scott

“I swore to myself that if I ever got to walk around the room as manager, people would laugh when they saw me coming, and would applaud as I walked away.” ~ Michael Scott

“The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious.” ~ Michael Scott

“I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the myths and legends in the books.” ~ Michael Scott

“You’re saying we lost the powers of magic because we grew lazy.” ~ Michael Scott

“Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.” ~ Michael Scott

“You don’t call retarded people retards. It’s bad taste. You call your friends retards when they are acting retarded.” ~ Michael Scott

“I’m always writing – its what I like to do. But when I’m not writing, I’m reading.” ~ Michael Scott

“A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.” ~ Michael Scott

“A good story is always a journey. It is about taking the journey, the people the hero meets along the way and how they change him or her. All stories are journeys. They don’t have to be shocking or outrageous: they simply have to be interesting.” ~ Michael Scott

“I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights.” ~ Michael Scott

“I have a huge music library and deliberately choose the piece of music to match the piece I’m writing. So, every book I write has its own “soundtrack.”” ~ Michael Scott

“What you call magic is nothing more than an act of the imagination fired by the senses, then given shape by the power of your aura.” ~ Michael Scott

“Making sure that the geography and timelines work is always the hardest part of writing. But you owe it to the readers to get it right!” ~ Michael Scott

“Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.” ~ Michael Scott

“What the guys have learned is that whether you’re preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn’t matter. That one person you touch may change the nation – could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia.” ~ Michael Scott

“I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations.” ~ Michael Scott

“I never base characters on real people – you can get into so much trouble that way!” ~ Michael Scott

“Nicholas: One of the oldest secrets of alchemy is that every living thing, from the most complex creatures right down to the simplest leaf, carries the seeds of its creation within itself. Josh: DNA.” ~ Michael Scott

“But the truth is a double-edged sword; it is a dangerous thing.” ~ Michael Scott

“The most reward experience is having another writer come up to you and say that they started writing because they read my books. That is how writing as a profession continues: readers becomes writers who inspire new readers.” ~ Michael Scott

“Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.” ~ Michael Scott

“Do I need to be liked? Absolutely not. I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked. But it’s not like a compulsive need to be liked. Like my need to be praised.” ~ Michael Scott

“’What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?’ she asked. ‘To believe that your children will be just like you.’” ~ Michael Scott

“The two that are one, the one that is all!” ~ Michael Scott

“To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.” ~ Michael Scott

“Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.” ~ Michael Scott

“We do not always get what we want. Sometimes life presents us with surprises.” ~ Michael Scott

“Good collaboration essentially boils down to personalities who work well together and are able to integrate each other’s notes and ideas without killing each other.” ~ Michael Scott

“A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all.” ~ Michael Scott

“The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics.” ~ Michael Scott

“Don’t ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what.” ~ Michael Scott

“Water is the life-giver and the death-bringer.” ~ Michael Scott

“And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.” ~ Michael Scott

“Negotiations are about controlling things, about being in the driver’s seat and make one tiny mistake; you’re dead. I made one tiny mistake, I wore women’s clothes.” ~ Michael Scott

“The SUV was the only car moving. Josh had his foot pressed flat to the floor, and the needle on the speedometer hovered close to eighty. He was becoming more comfortable with the controls – he hadn’t hit anything for at least a minute.” ~ Michael Scott

“The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends.” ~ Michael Scott

“Coffee is the great incentivizer in the office.” ~ Michael Scott

“The credibility of any item in finance is inversely proportionate to the amount of publicity it receives.” ~ Michael Scott

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” ~ Michael Scott

“He is many things – dangerous and devious, cunning and deadly, a good friend and an implacable enemy – but he comes from an age when a man’s word was indeed precious.” ~ Michael Scott

“That is the curse of immortality: to watch the world change, to see everything you know wither.” ~ Michael Scott

“Here words can kill – literally.” ~ Michael Scott

“In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they’ll be sure to let you know.” ~ Michael Scott

“Just as a pebble thrown into the water creates ripples, so our thoughts create similar effects on our palms.” ~ Michael Scott

“I love inside jokes. I hope to be a part of one some day.” ~ Michael Scott

“But magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.” ~ Michael Scott

“Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” ~ Michael Scott

“Middle school’s amazing. It is extraordinary. An extraordinary time.” ~ Michael Scott

“I don’t want somebody sucking up to me because they think I am going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me.” ~ Michael Scott

“You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors.” ~ Michael Scott

“Wikipedia is the best thing ever.” ~ Michael Scott

“Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.” ~ Michael Scott

“What is it like being single? I like it! I like starting each day with a sense of possibility. And I’m optimistic, because everyday I get a little more desperate. And desperate situations yield the quickest results.” ~ Michael Scott

“There is no such thing as an appropriate joke. That’s why it’s a joke.” ~ Michael Scott

“Do I want to be feared or loved? That’s a good question. I want both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” ~ Michael Scott

“Research is always the best part. As we dug deeper into the history and mythology behind each of the hallows, we discovered more and more stories – some of them deserving of novels in themselves.” ~ Michael Scott

“The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, and the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer.” ~ Michael Scott

“The day we stop learning is the day we die.” ~ Michael Scott

“There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.” ~ Michael Scott

“Abraham Lincoln once said that if you are a racist, I will attack you with the north. And those are the principles that I carry with me in the workplace.” ~ Michael Scott

“I am a great believer that all the primary research has to be done before principle writing begins. I’m a huge advocate of plotting.” ~ Michael Scott