Tag: Terry Pratchett
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As far as I’m concerned, I’m a writer who’s writing books, and therefore, I don’t want to die. You’d miss the end of the book wouldn’t you? You can’t die with an unfinished book.
Terry Pratchett
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I was a very keen reader of science fiction.
Terry Pratchett
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I grow as many of our vegetables as I can, because my granddad was a professional gardener, and it’s in the blood.
Terry Pratchett
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There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married, amazing things like that. I’ve been to some of the weddings. I went to one here the other day, a pagan ceremony.
Terry Pratchett
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There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.
Terry Pratchett
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The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.
Terry Pratchett
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You can’t trample infidels when you’re a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look.
Terry Pratchett
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What is normal? Normal was yesterday. If you lose a leg, one day you’re hopping around on one leg, so you know the difference.
Terry Pratchett
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Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don’t find out til too late that he’s been playing with two queens all along.
Terry Pratchett
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I have to write because if I don’t get something down then after a while I feel it’s going to bang the side of my head off.
Terry Pratchett