Michael Scott Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• I was brought up in a home where I saw my parents read and I was taken to bookshops and libraries, so I grew up feeling very comfortable around books. Also, Ireland is a country which has honoured its writers and poets, so when someone says they wanted to be a writer, its not mocked or looked down upon.

  Michael Scott

  Country, Book, Taken

• 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.

  Michael Scott

  Children, Book, Writing

• 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

  Book, World, Moments

• 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

  Sex, Children, Book

  Source: emunderwood.com

• For me, the favourite chapters have always been the last chapters in the books. I knew exactly how each book would end - and how the first chapter of the following book would begin. I knew I wanted to leave the readers with answers - and a bunch of new questions!

  Michael Scott

  Book, Answers, Lasts

• 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

  Book, Character, Historical

• 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

  Book, Writing, Inspire

• Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book and sent it out into the world. A couple of months after publication letters from readers might arrive. And, leaving aside the professional reviews, it is really the reader's opinions that the writer needs. They vote for a book - and a writer - with their hard earned cash every time they go into a bookstore (or online - that's my age showing!) and buy a book.

  Michael Scott

  Couple, Book, Leaving

• The secret to writing is writing. Lots of people I know talk about writing. They will tell me about the book they are going to write, or are thinking about writing, or may write some day in the future. And I know they will never do it. If someone is serious about writing, then they will sit down every day and put some words down on paper.

  Michael Scott

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Michael Carroll, www.michaelowencarroll.com.

• 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

  Book, Writing, Library

• 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

  Book, Reading, Writing

• I published my first book in 1982 - a collection of Irish folklore called Irish Folk & Fairy Tales. It is still in print today. My first young adult book was published a couple of years later, and I've been writing in both genres ever since.

  Michael Scott

  Couple, Book, Writing

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