I had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't read an awful lot of fiction and when I do, it tends to be lightweight stuff. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Books bend space and time. One reason the owners of those aforesaid little rambling, poky secondhand bookshops always seem slightly unearthly is… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I started with a book, and that led me to a library, and that led me everywhere.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Generally I start writing when I have even the smallest idea of how a book is going to go, because the physical… — 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
Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You are very clever,' said the old man shyly. 'I would like to eat your brains, one day,' For some reason the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The author can always delve into his own personality and find aspects of himself with which he can dress his characters. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they're… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
No one's policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
No one thinks that young adults read hooks for YOUNG ADULTS, books for young adults are read by kids. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting… — 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
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
He'd always known that the world was an interesting place, and his imagination had peopled it with pirates and bandits and spies… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When he was a boy he'd read books about great military campaigns, and visited the museums and looked with patriotic pride at… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
![“[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can…” quote by Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/379/terry-pratchett-19_books_science-fiction-is-out-in-the-mainstream_2648583.jpg)
