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"but do i need to say anything?" sophie asked. "do i need to learn any words?" "like what?" saint-germain said. "well, when you lit up the eiffel tower, you said something that sounded like eggness" "ignis" the count said. "latin for fire. no, you don't need to say anything." "then why did you do it, then?" sophie asked. saint-germain grinned. "i just thought it sounded cool."
"That is as true for fiction or non-fiction. The writer has to really know their subject. It is really important to remember that the readers are a lot smarter than the writer. Also, good writing has to do with rewriting. You will never get it right the first time. So you rewrite and rewrite again until you get it right. Until you, and the reader, will be able to visualize what you're writing about."
"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!"
"To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power."
"There is no such thing as an appropriate joke. That's why it's a joke."
"I'm not a bad guy... I'm just good guy that runs over women with his car."
"Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't know where it's going. I just hope to find it somewhere along the way. Like an improv conversation. An improversation."
"I'll have an awesome blossom, EXTRA awesome."
"the best lie is wrapped around a core of truth"
"Dee's search for knowledge was always his greatest strength... and his weakness."
"Water is the life-giver and the death-bringer."
"Negotiations are about controlling things, about being in the driver's seat and make one tiny mistake; you're dead. I made one tiny mistake, I wore women's clothes"
"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."
"But what science cannot understand, it dismisses."
"You are not living, you are surviving."
"Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days."
"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."
"I never base characters on real people - you can get into so much trouble that way!"
"I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations."
"Ah. In my experience, when people say they don't know whether they love someone, they usually mean no."