Michael Scott Quotes

They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!

I'm probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.

I am a writer (and one day I'll be an author). For a long time I was a bookseller (who wrote) or a TV producer (who wrote), but for the last decade or so, its been "writer."

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.

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

Most writers, I'm afraid, live very boring lives sitting in front of a screen. However, having said that: every writer puts a bit of themselves into the characters to bring them alive.

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.

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!

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."

No man is ever just one thing.

She's in the Catskill, " Shopie began, but Scathach reached over and pinched her hand. "

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.

If you have to injure someone, then make it so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

And when in doubt, Josh, follow your heart. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this... This is always true.

He’d never heard of a demon with freckles before.

Werewolves and silver bullets!” Shakespeare coughed a quick laugh and shook his head. “Lord, what fools these mortals be!