When I retire, I don't want to just move to some island somewhere. I want to be the guy who gives it all back. I want it to be like, 'Hey who donated that hospital wing that's saving so many lives?' 'I don't know. It was anonymous.' 'Well, guess what. It was Michael Scott.' 'But how do you know? It was anonymous.' 'Because I'm him.

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

What you call magic is nothing more than an act of the imagination fired by the senses, then given shape by the power of your aura.

Villains often more the story along while the heros react to the villains, so the villain becomes the engine of the story.

Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.

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.

Water is the life-giver and the death-bringer.