Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
First of all you are a writer, a writer is what you are, so it doesn't actually stop the moment you leave… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever been critical of the money Douglas Adams makes, especially since, as has been tactfully pointed out, I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Gods play games with the fates of men. But first they have to get all the pieces on the board and look… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He was, he would be the first to admit, a coward, an incompetent, and not even very good at being a failure. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Anyway, it's like with bikes,' said the first speaker authoritatively. 'I thought I was going to get this bike with seven gears… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all. First you get the test, and then… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And that's when I first learned about evil. It is built in to the very nature of the universe. Every world spins… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Mum had done everything you need to educate a kid. She made me a kid who likes books and she told me… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You did what you were told or you didn't get paid, and if things went wrong it wasn't your problem. It was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That's a nice song,' said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time. It's an old… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I certainly don't sit down and plan a book out before I write it. There's a phrase I use called "The Valley… — 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
I am a technophile, so there is no such thing as a first draft. The first draft plunges on, and about a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief and hope, people don't usually come running when they hear a scream. That's not how humans work. Humans… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It is said that whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whomsoever the gods wish to destroy,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Not for the first time in the history of the universe, someone for whom communication normally came as effortlessly as a dream… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Jeremy tried to be an interesting person. The trouble was that he was the kind of person who, having decided to be… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
First Sight means you can see what really is there, and Second Thoughts mean thinking about what you are thinking. And in… — 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
You're not going to tell me they built fifty-foot-high killer golems, are you?" "Only a man would think of that. It's our… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's that lovely thing for the first month or two of writing a new book: OK, I don't know what that character's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
First Thoughts are the everyday thoughts. Everyone has those. Second Thoughts are the thoughts you think about the way you think. People… — 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
“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
