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Terry Pratchett Quotes

The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style Picture Quote #1

For an author, the nice characters aren’t much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They’re doing it for themselves Picture Quote #1

I can no longer type, so I use TalkingPoint and Dragon Dictate. It’s a speech-to-text program, and there’s an add-on for talking which some guys came up with Picture Quote #1

I think we are waiting for an e-book that even non-techies can be comfortable with. From my point of view, the biggest change is that I don’t have to spend most of the day printing out and packaging a manuscript. I think I almost miss that Picture Quote #1

I’m not really good at fun-to-know, human interest stuff. We’re not ‘celebrities’, whose life itself is a performance. Good or bad or ugly, we are our words. They’re what people meet Picture Quote #1

I’ve lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That’s the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother’s funeral, but you don’t switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill Picture Quote #1

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In all seriousness, people think that it’s the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine down and remember them, but at some point you have to apply the bum to the seat and knock out about sixty five thousand words - that’s how long a novel is Picture Quote #1

Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well have seen the funerals of many of your siblings before you were very old Picture Quote #1

I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted Picture Quote #1

Everything starts somewhere, though many physicists disagree. But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things. They wonder how the snowplough driver gets to work, or how the makers of dictionaries look up the spelling of words Picture Quote #1

The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues Picture Quote #1

What’s a philosopher?’ said Brutha. Someone who’s bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,’ said a voice in his head Picture Quote #1

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An Assassin, a real Assassin had to look like one-black clothes, hood, boots, and all. If they could wear any clothes, any disguise, then what could anyone do but spend all day in a small room with a loaded crossbow pointed at the door? Picture Quote #1

One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth. Well, we’d had a good breakfast. And you don’t get mugged, either Picture Quote #1

DON’T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH Picture Quote #1

There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist Picture Quote #1

Some things are fairly obvious when it’s a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them Picture Quote #1

Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard was on duty. He was guarding the Brass Bridge, the main link between Ankh and Morpork. From theft. When it came to crime prevention, Sergeant Colon found it safest to think big Picture Quote #1

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But here’s some advice, boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions Picture Quote #1

Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten Picture Quote #1

DO I DETECT A NOTE OF UNSEASONAL GRUMPINESS? said Death. NO SUGAR PIGGYWIGGY FOR YOU, ALBERT Picture Quote #1

Several sellers of hot meat pies and sausages in a bun had appeared from nowhere and were doing a brisk trade. [Footnote: They always do, everywhere. No-one sees them arrive. The logical explaination is that the franchise includes the stall, the paper hat and a small gas-powered time machine.] Picture Quote #1

The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it’s not murder if you do it for a god) Picture Quote #1

The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select Picture Quote #1

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In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book Picture Quote #1

The calendar of the Theocracy of Muntab counts down, not up. No-one knows why, but it might not be a good idea to hang around and find out Picture Quote #1

He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He’d never read a work of fiction all the way through. He did remember, as a small boy, being really annoyed at the depiction of Hickory Dickory Dock in a rag book of nursery rhymes because the clock in the drawing was completely wrong for the period Picture Quote #1

There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write Picture Quote #1

Light died in the west. Night and tears took the Nation. The star of Water drifted among the clouds like a murderer softly leaving the scene of the crime Picture Quote #1

In Genua, someone set out to make dreams come true. Remember some of your dreams? Picture Quote #1

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The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style (Terry Pratchett Quotes) For an author, the nice characters aren’t much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They’re doing it for themselves (Terry Pratchett Quotes) I can no longer type, so I use TalkingPoint and Dragon Dictate. It’s a speech-to-text program, and there’s an add-on for talking which some guys came up with (Terry Pratchett Quotes) I think we are waiting for an e-book that even non-techies can be comfortable with. From my point of view, the biggest change is that I don’t have to spend most of the day printing out and packaging a manuscript. I think I almost miss that (Terry Pratchett Quotes) I’m not really good at fun-to-know, human interest stuff. We’re not ‘celebrities’, whose life itself is a performance. Good or bad or ugly, we are our words. They’re what people meet (Terry Pratchett Quotes) I’ve lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That’s the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother’s funeral, but you don’t switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill (Terry Pratchett Quotes) In all seriousness, people think that it’s the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine down and remember them, but at some point you have to apply the bum to the seat and knock out about sixty five thousand words - that’s how long a novel is (Terry Pratchett Quotes) Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well have seen the funerals of many of your siblings before you were very old (Terry Pratchett Quotes) I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted (Terry Pratchett Quotes) Everything starts somewhere, though many physicists disagree. But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things. They wonder how the snowplough driver gets to work, or how the makers of dictionaries look up the spelling of words (Terry Pratchett Quotes) The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues (Terry Pratchett Quotes) What’s a philosopher?’ said Brutha. Someone who’s bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,’ said a voice in his head (Terry Pratchett Quotes) An Assassin, a real Assassin had to look like one-black clothes, hood, boots, and all. If they could wear any clothes, any disguise, then what could anyone do but spend all day in a small room with a loaded crossbow pointed at the door? (Terry Pratchett Quotes) One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth. Well, we’d had a good breakfast. And you don’t get mugged, either (Terry Pratchett Quotes) DON’T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH (Terry Pratchett Quotes) There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist (Terry Pratchett Quotes) Some things are fairly obvious when it’s a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them (Terry Pratchett Quotes) Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard was on duty. He was guarding the Brass Bridge, the main link between Ankh and Morpork. From theft. When it came to crime prevention, Sergeant Colon found it safest to think big (Terry Pratchett Quotes) But here’s some advice, boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions (Terry Pratchett Quotes) Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten (Terry Pratchett Quotes) DO I DETECT A NOTE OF UNSEASONAL GRUMPINESS? said Death. NO SUGAR PIGGYWIGGY FOR YOU, ALBERT (Terry Pratchett Quotes) Several sellers of hot meat pies and sausages in a bun had appeared from nowhere and were doing a brisk trade. [Footnote: They always do, everywhere. No-one sees them arrive. The logical explaination is that the franchise includes the stall, the paper hat and a small gas-powered time machine.] (Terry Pratchett Quotes) The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it’s not murder if you do it for a god) (Terry Pratchett Quotes) The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select (Terry Pratchett Quotes) In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book (Terry Pratchett Quotes) The calendar of the Theocracy of Muntab counts down, not up. No-one knows why, but it might not be a good idea to hang around and find out (Terry Pratchett Quotes) He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He’d never read a work of fiction all the way through. He did remember, as a small boy, being really annoyed at the depiction of Hickory Dickory Dock in a rag book of nursery rhymes because the clock in the drawing was completely wrong for the period (Terry Pratchett Quotes) There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write (Terry Pratchett Quotes) Light died in the west. Night and tears took the Nation. The star of Water drifted among the clouds like a murderer softly leaving the scene of the crime (Terry Pratchett Quotes) In Genua, someone set out to make dreams come true. Remember some of your dreams? (Terry Pratchett Quotes)

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