Discworld Series Quotes

#1. I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there are more than 30 books in the Discworld series, it is the four that were written for children which have won the awards. I've never been quite certain why this is.

Terry Pratchett

#2. In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.

Terry Pratchett

#3. If we let all the negative roadblocks influence us then it's only a matter of time before we end up detoured, lost, or possibly stranded on the side of the highway. Our positive attitude keeps our battery powered and our gas tank full, so that we can make it in one piece to our destination.

Lindsey Rietzsch

#4. I like interacting with fans and I like hearing what they say, but you have to take it all with a grain of salt.

Ronald D. Moore

#5. I have touched the highest point of all my greatness;
And from that full meridian of my glory
I haste now to my setting: I shall fall
Like a bright exhalation in the evening,
And no man see me more.

William Shakespeare

#6. so bad a thing is it to invade God's property, and so cautious should we be to abstain from all appearances of this evil.

Matthew Henry

#7. Circumstances sometimes require, that rights the most unquestionable should be advanced with delicacy.

Thomas Jefferson

#8. My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling.

John McCarthy

#9. I haven't had sex with many people in my life, and everyone just assumes that I'm good in bed!! I guess that's a compliment.

Brandon Boyd

#10. If you're in the idea business, it doesn't matter where you're from. It matters if we care about the change you're making.

Seth Godin

#11. Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

James Baldwin

#12. Whenever possible, I operate outside the system.

Andres Serrano

#13. Show me a woman with both feet planted firmly on the ground - and I'll show you a girl who can't get her knickers off.

Kathy Lette

#14. The only thing a person can never have too much of is common sense.

Kathryn Smith

#15. The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when people have a really big series they franchise it, which I thought is a bit of a no-no, so I thought what I'd do is I'd franchise it to myself.

Terry Pratchett

#16. Liza with her acceptance could take care of tragedy; she had no real hope this side of Heaven.

John Steinbeck

#17. I see you looking at my cookies,' my father said to Morelli. 'Don't even think about it. Go get your own cookies.

Janet Evanovich

#18. When people get married young, you don't really understand the true definition of marriage.

Kevin Hart