3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

Corporal Nobbs had been disqualified from the human race for shoving

It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death.

When I am old I shall wear midnight.

There's a door." "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think.

What's the orbital velocity of the moon?

Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II in the lexicon of squabble.

The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if it's just a few notes in a file. I dread not having work in progress.

If you get the characters right you've done sometimes nearly half the work. I sometimes find I get the characters right then the characters will often help me write the book - not what they look like that's not very important - what people look like is not about their character. You have to describe the shape they leave in the world, how they react to things, what effect they have on people and you do that by telling their story.

He's probably their battle poet, too." "You mean he makes up heroic songs about famous battles?" "No, no. He recites poems that frighten the enemy....When a well-trained gonnagle starts to recite, the enemy's ears explode.