Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Michael Scott
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: October 29
Actor
Clergyman
Executive Producer
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Television Actor
Television Producer
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Ken Tremendous
Knew
Humankind
Human
Contempt
Humans
Considered
Nothing
Biggest
Weakness
Strength
Emotion
Greatest
Elders
More quotes by Michael Scott
There really is no difference in the actual writing or plotting. I choose to tell different stories for the younger reader and, of course, I would never put sex and extreme violence in a YA book. But writing for adults and children requires the same care and attention.
Michael Scott
I never base characters on real people - you can get into so much trouble that way!
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
But the truth is a double-edged sword it is a dangerous thing.
Michael Scott
You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors.
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
They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!
Michael Scott
we are nothing more than the sum of our memories and experiences
Michael Scott
My specialty is mythology.There are artifacts like the hallows scattered through just about every mythology. However, what makes the Celtic hallows so interesting is that they are a self-contained group of objects.
Michael Scott
A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all
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
We're all homos. Homo sapiens.
Michael Scott
I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations.
Michael Scott
the best lie is wrapped around a core of truth
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
Have you any idea how to wake a hibernating Elder?” Machiavelli shook his head. “Mars, what about you? Any advice?” “Yes. Don’t.
Michael Scott
Perenelle shuddered. You know I hate leprechauns more than almost anything.
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
I'm always reading. Here's where an ebook reader really comes into its own. When I travel, it allows me to carry a huge chunk of my library with me. Usually, when I am writing one project, I am researching the next or beginning to pull together the material for the book after that.
Michael Scott
Love is the water of life, drink deeply.
Michael Scott