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title: "1 Job Writing Quotes By Michael Scott"
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> [ When it is going well, it is the best job \[writing\] in the world. For those few hours, you are god, in control of everything. However, for me, the great joy of writing is that it has allowed me to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/when-it-is-going-well-it-is-the-best-job-writing-in-the-world-for/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

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## More by Michael Scott

> [Which would you be?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/which-would-you-be/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [“Here it comes," Niten said. The whites of his eyes,his teeth and his tongue had turned blue. "Ready," Prometheus said. Nicholas Flamel touched the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/here-it-comes-niten-said-the-whites-of-his-eyes-his-teeth-and-his/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [I love inside jokes. I hope to be a part of one some day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/i-love-inside-jokes-i-hope-to-be-a-part-of-one-some-day/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [Some writing courses will advise you to write what you know. I've always thought this is very odd advice ... because it means, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/some-writing-courses-will-advise-you-to-write-what-you-know-i-ve/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [“- John is a dangerous fanatic. - And you are not ? - asked Dagon. - I'm just dangerous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/john-is-a-dangerous-fanatic-and-you-are-not-asked-dagon-i-m-just/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [Our covering ministry is Challenge for Christ ministries, and Travel the Road was solely our mission arm, designed to expose people to what missions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/our-covering-ministry-is-challenge-for-christ-ministries-and-travel/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/the-problem-with-contemporary-art-is-that-no-one-bothers-to-do-the/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [I have always been interested in mythology and history. The more I read, the more I realized that there have always been people at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/i-have-always-been-interested-in-mythology-and-history-the-more-i/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [“The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, and the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/the-line-between-confidence-and-arrogance-is-very-fine-and-the-line/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [Here, you can walk into a bookstore and pick up a Bible or Christian literature and learn. Over there, they are lucky if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/here-you-can-walk-into-a-bookstore-and-pick-up-a-bible-or-christian/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [“The small Japanese immortal sat cross-legged, his two swords resting flat on the ground before him. He folded his hands in his lap, closed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/the-small-japanese-immortal-sat-cross-legged-his-two-swords-resting/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [TMI? Too Much Information. It”s just easier to say 'TMI'. I used to say 'don't go there', but that's lame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/tmi-too-much-information-it-s-just-easier-to-say-tmi-i-used-to-say/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [“It was some time ago—in the twelfth century, as you humani measure time—a man from the land of the Scots. I do not remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/it-was-some-time-ago-in-the-twelfth-century-as-you-humani-measure/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [“If you tell people everything you take away their opportunity to learn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/if-you-tell-people-everything-you-take-away-their-opportunity-to-learn/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

> [it is only when no one remembers that you are truly lost. That is the true death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/it-is-only-when-no-one-remembers-that-you-are-truly-lost-that-is-the/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

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