Fantasy Quotes by Terry Pratchett

Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out.

— Terry Pratchett

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR DUTY”

— Terry Pratchett

You have so many sources to draw on when you're a fantasy writer.

— Terry Pratchett

Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death.

— Terry Pratchett

Science fiction is fantasy with bolts painted on outside.

— Terry Pratchett

Humans need fantasy in order to be human.

— Terry Pratchett

Dark Fantasy is just another way of saying Horror.

— Terry Pratchett

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

— Terry Pratchett

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.

— Terry Pratchett

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

— Terry Pratchett

People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with.

— Terry Pratchett

It doesn't matter if dragons are flying overhead or whatever - a lot of Victoriana is still cut in the frame of…

— Terry Pratchett

“There were only three times in your life when it was proper to come through the front door, and you were carried…

— Terry Pratchett

People don't like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that's Horror wearing a collar and tie.

— Terry Pratchett

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.…

— Terry Pratchett

Sometimes you can think that 'I've had enough of wizards!' And sometimes fantasy is not just about wizards.

— Terry Pratchett

There has been a lot of bad fantasy in the past - I'm by no means saying that all classic fantasy out…

— Terry Pratchett

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

I discovered fantasy and science fiction when I was about 10, and read nothing else for about three years. I ran out…

— Terry Pratchett

A police procedural novel can be even funnier if the police include Trolls and Dwarves and things like that. You start looking…

— Terry Pratchett

“Nanny Ogg was an attractive lady, which is not the same as being beautiful. She fascinated Casanunda. She was an incredibly comfortable…

— Terry Pratchett

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

But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold,…

— Terry Pratchett

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

Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the…

— Terry Pratchett

“Farther down the riverbank sat a young man dressed all in white. He was the only person in sight. His hair was…

— Terry Pratchett

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

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

“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

“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

They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of…

— Terry Pratchett

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

“The only things known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle. He reasoned like…

— Terry Pratchett

“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

“He sighed and opened the black box and took out his rings and slipped them on. Another box held a set of…

— Terry Pratchett

“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

“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

“The world rides through space on the back of a turtle. This is one of the great ancient world myths, found wherever…

— Terry Pratchett

What is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons?

— Terry Pratchett

Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien's attic.

— Terry Pratchett