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 More Quotes by Michael Scott More Quotes From 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 good-friend men enemy And once begun, change cannot be reversed. Michael Scott Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person. Michael Scott single-person persons action The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics. Michael Scott fifth magic force Here words can kill - literally. Michael Scott But magic, like everything else, follows certain natural laws. Magic needs energy wherever it can find it. If no other source of energy is available, it will take the life force of the magician who created it. That is why every use of magic weakens the magician. Michael Scott magic energy law But magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses. Michael Scott spectrum senses magic Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail. Michael Scott trails magic forever A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age. Michael Scott girl age boys Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what. Michael Scott no-matter-what matter reason The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want. Michael Scott giving people art 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 being-single yield optimistic I'm not a bad guy... I'm just good guy that runs over women with his car. Michael Scott car guy running Leader. Ship. The word 'ship' is hidden inside the word 'leadership,' as its... derivation. Michael Scott ships leader Campus ... brings back so many memories that I would ... have made. Michael Scott campus made memories I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations. Michael Scott scottish united-nations united The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends. Michael Scott office people People are dying who haven't had that opportunity to say yes to the Lord. Michael Scott dying opportunity people 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 asking-questions artist people The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious. Michael Scott cezanne selling ideas