Michael Scott
Michael Scott
fighting thinking people
There have always been people like you, Nicholas Flamel. People who think they know what's best, who decide what people should see and read and listen to, who ultimately try to shape how the rest of the world think and acts. I've spent my entire life fighting the likes of you.
memories our-memories
we are nothing more than the sum of our memories and experiences
remember lost
it is only when no one remembers that you are truly lost. That is the true death.
lying core
the best lie is wrapped around a core of truth
reading writing
I'm always writing - its what I like to do. But when I'm not writing, I'm reading.
feels
Seasick," Scatty mumbled. "That's exactly what it feels like. Only worse.
long sophie adults
Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.
dna secret creation
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.
children book writing
I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more YA, which is such a great genre to write it. I don't have a favourite (I usually say it's the last book I've written), but certain books do stick in the mind. My very first YA novel, The Children of Lir, will always be special to me, and, of course The Alchemyst because it was a series I'd wanted to write for ages.
But what science cannot understand, it dismisses.
love-is water-of-life water
Love is the water of life, drink deeply.
warrior delight littles
We had little or no emotion. We lacked the capacity to feel fear, to experience love, to enjoy the sensations of happiness and delight.The finest warriors are not only those who do not fear, but those who are without anger.
writing romance advice
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.
good-friend men enemy
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.