Some of my best sources are ex-policemen, just to get a feeling of what it's like to be one. And it's quite… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I don't want to hurt you, Mistress Weatherwax," said Mrs Gogol. "That's good," said Granny. "I don't want you to hurt me… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Apes had it worked out. No ape would philosophize, "The mountain is, and is not." They would think, "The banana is. I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What I've always said was, hang in there, let me write what I want to write, and you'll probably like it. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You see the lighted windows and what you want to think is that there may be many interesting stories behind them, but… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that's who. (...)You saw how close men lived to the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Many feel they are called to the priesthood, but what they really hear is an inner voice saying, 'It's indoor work with… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, is a little like wood carving. You find the lump of tree (the big central theme that gets you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Humans had built a world inside the world, which reflected it in pretty much the same way as a drop of water… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I read the best works of some of the best satirists, and indeed best writers from the beginning of the Victorian era… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
After you've been working fairly intensively on a novel for six months you never want to see the damn thing again. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Certainly the Americans want to buy rights, but have no idea what to do with them. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
One minute I'm just another rabbit and happy about it, next minute *whazaam*, I'm thinking. That's a major drawback if you're looking… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The sign, which says: "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door!" - Of course, I've read it. Why do you think… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Haven't you got any romance in your soul?" said Magrat plaintively. "No," said Granny. "I ain't. And stars don't care what you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly… — 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
If you want to change a whole people, then you start with the girls. It stands to reason: they learn faster, and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
…We were born vampires." "I thought you became –" "— vampires by being bitten? Dear me, no. Oh, we can turn people… — 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
After all, when you seek advice from someone it's certainly not because you want them to give it. You just want them… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one. — 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
There are no medium-sized trees in the deep forest. There are only the towering ones, whose canopy spreads across the sky. Below,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
YOU FEAR TO DIE? "It's not that I don't want... I mean, I've always...it's just that life is a habit that's hard… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What your soldier wants - really, really wants - is no-one shooting back at him. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Mort was hurt by this. It was one thing not to want to marry someone, but quite another to be told they… — 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
