Books Quotes by Terry Pratchett

I'd like to sell a lot of books.

— Terry Pratchett

You can't die with an unfinished book.

— Terry Pratchett

If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.

— Terry Pratchett

This book was written using 100% recycled words.

— Terry Pratchett

I was a very keen reader of science fiction.

— Terry Pratchett

This book had two authors, and they were both the same person.

— Terry Pratchett

“Aziraphale was an angel, but he also worshiped books.”

— Terry Pratchett

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

— Terry Pratchett

“Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men.”

— Terry Pratchett

Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror.

— Terry Pratchett

I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing.

— Terry Pratchett

Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.

— Terry Pratchett

I mistrust the term graphic novel because it sounds like a good thing to put on a tee-shirt. That's why the French…

— Terry Pratchett

When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves.

— Terry Pratchett

My idea of a good novel was one you made enough money out of to buy a greenhouse.

— Terry Pratchett

The book is not completely written until someone else has read it.

— Terry Pratchett

There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there…

— Terry Pratchett

The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could…

— Terry Pratchett

It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's…

— Terry Pratchett

While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from…

— Terry Pratchett

Well, it would have to be “The Man Who Was Thursday.” It’s a damn good read that I believe should be read…

— Terry Pratchett

“Yes! I'm me ! I am careful and logical and I look up things I don't understand! When I hear people use…

— Terry Pratchett

The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than…

— Terry Pratchett

“He would sit all night under the lamp, book of the moment in front of him, dictionary and thesaurus on either side,…

— Terry Pratchett

There's some things that you wouldn't tackle in a children's book because it would be beyond, not the mental capabilities, but the…

— Terry Pratchett

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has…

— Terry Pratchett

“She even tried the one which every romantic nerve in her body insisted should work, which consisted of theatrically giving up, sitting…

— Terry Pratchett

The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when…

— Terry Pratchett

The diplomatic thing for me to say is that if publishers are dressing up other authors as Terry Pratchett clones then they…

— Terry Pratchett

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting…

— Terry Pratchett

My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because…

— Terry Pratchett

Mum had done everything you need to educate a kid. She made me a kid who likes books and she told me…

— Terry Pratchett

“Death paused, his hand on the spine of the book. And why do you think I directed you to the stables? think…

— Terry Pratchett

“Rincewind picked up a spare paper and read it. It was headed: Examination for the post of Assistant Night-Soil Operative for the…

— Terry Pratchett

“The Necrotelicomnicon was written by a Klatchian necromancer known to the world as Achmed the Mad, although he preferred to be called…

— Terry Pratchett

The Librarian considered matters for a while. So…a dwarf and a troll. He preferred both species to humans. For one thing, neither…

— Terry Pratchett

“The Librarian swung on. It was slow progress, because there were things he wasn't keen on meeting. Creatures evolved to fill every…

— Terry Pratchett

“AUTHOR’S NOTE The Morris dance . . . . . . is traditionally danced on May 1, to welcome in the summer.…

— Terry Pratchett

“It seemed quite logical to the Librarian that, since there were aisles where the shelves were on the outside then there should…

— Terry Pratchett

For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting…

— Terry Pratchett