Terry Pratchett

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#crowd #intelligence #known #number #people

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#disagree #everything #many #physicists #somewhere

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#any #certain #cost #cruel #elderly

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

#bang #because #down #feel #get

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#ancient times #cats #forgotten #gods #times

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#most #writing #you #yourself

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#bicycle #could #course #exercise #fantasy

You can't die with an unfinished book. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#die #unfinished #you

'Discworld' is taking something that you know is ridiculous and treating it as if it is serious, to see if something interesting happens when you do so. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#interesting #know #ridiculous #see #serious

I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#glad #got #i #knighthood #me