Quotes from Terry Pratchett

You can't remember the plot of the Dr Who movie because it didn't have one, just a lot of plot holes strung together. It did have a lot of flashing lights, though.

Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.

Matter exploded into being, apparently as chaos, but in fact as a chord. The ultimate power chord.

Creatures which, lacking mankind's superior brain power, did not concern themselves with finding someone to blame, and instead tried to find someone to eat.

The power of prayer and faith can heal and bring happiness. The real tragedy is that the people that are helped by this don't realize that this power is really coming from within.

Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.

Imagination is only intelligence having fun. A healthy mind knows how to switch between worlds, and which one you need to eat and sleep in.

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.

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

If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!

"And what would humans be without love?" Rare, said Death.

You have to start out learning to believe the little lies. "So we can believe the big ones?" Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.

Education had been easy. Learning things had been harder.

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

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

There was a man and he had eight sons. Apart from that, he was nothing more than a comma on the page of History. It's sad, but that's all you can say about some people.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

At least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe.

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.

I was a very keen reader of science fiction.

We're living in science fiction, but we don't realize it.

It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free.

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.