Tag: Terry Pratchett
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The harder I work, the luckier I become.
Terry Pratchett
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Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.
Terry Pratchett
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It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases – one was Alzheimer’s, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer’s.
Terry Pratchett
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I became a journalist at 17. A few hours later, I saw my first dead body, which was somewhat… colourful. That’s when I learned you can go on throwing up after you run out of things to throw up.
Terry Pratchett
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Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.
Terry Pratchett
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‘Nation’ was one that I’d have killed myself if I hadn’t written it. It was absolutely important to me that I wrote it. It was good for my soul.
Terry Pratchett
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Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.
Terry Pratchett
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I don’t believe in the war god of the Israelites. He’s a bogeyman. Jesus preached the golden rule, by and large.
Terry Pratchett
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If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.
Terry Pratchett
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My advice is this. For Christ’s sake, don’t write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books.
Terry Pratchett