It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In all seriousness, people think that it's the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The point of page one is to make people turn to page two and if at the end of the book people… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I would like to apologize to the relatives of the fan who gave me 29 books to sign in Odyssey 7, Manchester.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But we're a university! We have to have a library!" said Ridcully. "It adds tone . What sort of people would we… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“she was opposed to books on strict moral grounds, since she had heard that many of them were written by dead people… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Read other things; read westerns,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Siren voices tell me, 'You don't have to keep going on.' And then you think, 'I'm a writer. What do I do?… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People flock in, nevertheless, in search of answers to those questions only librarians are considered to be able to answer, such as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I'd go for "really great writer." Although I don't think I am. I know I have a style which is recognizable. I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think we are waiting for an e-book that even non-techies can be comfortable with. From my point of view, the biggest… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It looked the sort of book described in library catalogues as 'slightly foxed,' although it would be more honest to admit that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough, but what made it really… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“They writes some bits o’ their letters in them wee codies. That’s a terrible thing tae do to a reader. It’s hard… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The point is that if a book that had been published three years ago started to sell twice as many all of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Several times he had to flatten himself against the shelves as a thesaurus thundered by. He waited patiently as a herd of… — 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
