Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR DUTY” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien's attic. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People don't like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that's Horror wearing a collar and tie. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can think that 'I've had enough of wizards!' And sometimes fantasy is not just about wizards. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if dragons are flying overhead or whatever - a lot of Victoriana is still cut in the frame of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Nanny Ogg was an attractive lady, which is not the same as being beautiful. She fascinated Casanunda. She was an incredibly comfortable… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fantasy doesn't have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I discovered fantasy and science fiction when I was about 10, and read nothing else for about three years. I ran out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A police procedural novel can be even funnier if the police include Trolls and Dwarves and things like that. You start looking… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There has been a lot of bad fantasy in the past - I'm by no means saying that all classic fantasy out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You want fantasy? Here's one... There's this species that lives on a planet a few miles above molten rock and a few… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I really wish that peoplewould just say, 'Yes, it's a comic. Yes, this is fantasy. Yes, this is Science Fiction,' and defend… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Fantasy is like alcohol - too much is bad for you, a little bit makes the world a better place. Like an… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It was Sci-Fi and fantasy that got me reading, and Sci-Fi writers in particular have pack rat minds. They introduce all sorts… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, there’s still a market for rubbish. I picked up a recently written fantasy book at the weekend, and one character said… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He'd taken the sword, slung on his back, sandwiches and clean underwear in his pack, and the world, more or less, at… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He sighed and opened the black box and took out his rings and slipped them on. Another box held a set of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The only things known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle. He reasoned like… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Now, there is a tendency at a point like this to look over one’s shoulder at the cover artist and start going… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The world rides through space on the back of a turtle. This is one of the great ancient world myths, found wherever… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable." REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly. 'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“You are not apprehensive, are you? I can't detect no trace of fear none whatsoever Roomy cranium all possible videos of all possible outcomes… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
