Terry Pratchett

I think it does Discworld good if I don't write about it all the time: sometimes you have to get it out of your system. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing. ↗

— 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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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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Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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My own books drive themselves. I know roughly where a book is going to end, but essentially the story develops under my fingers. It's just a matter of joining the dots. ↗

— 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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