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The man gave a shrug which indicated that, although the world did indeed have many problems, this was one of them that was not his.

The man gave a shrug which indicated that, although the world did indeed have many problems, this was one of them that was not his.

Terry Pratchett
Men, World, Problem

Remember - that which does not kill us can only make us stronger. And that which does kill us leaves us dead!

Terry Pratchett
Stronger, Doe, Remember
Terry Pratchett (2008). “Carpe Jugulum: (Discworld Novel 23)”, p.380, Random House

Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, "What happens if I do this?"

Terry Pratchett
Sound, Would Be, Paper
"Interesting Times (Discworld, Book 17)". Book by Terry Pratchett (p. 186), 1994.

A good man will kill you with hardly a word.

Terry Pratchett
Men, Good Man, Gloating

Every procedure for getting a cat to take a pill works fine - once. Like the Borg, they learn.

Terry Pratchett
Cat, Pills, Borg

It is possible to live well with dementia and write best-sellers 'like wot I do.

Terry Pratchett
Writing, Dementia, Live Well

If my father could have sat up in bed and said goodbye, I'd have pressed the button. I wouldn't have been able to see for crying, but I would have considered that a duty.

Terry Pratchett
Goodbye, Father, Bed

Making money isn't something to be ashamed of. There's a feeling now that if you have money you must have got it by some kind of shady dealing or being an MP.

Terry Pratchett
Mps, Feelings, Kind

Everybody thinks the Government should be doing more about everything but just think how many of the bonuses which are quite rightly being dragged off certain people, just think to what good causes they could be put - wouldn't that be a lovely thought'?

Terry Pratchett
Thinking, Government, People

It's hard to be famous and alive.

Terry Pratchett
Alive, Hard

Ninety percent of true love is acute, ear-burning embarrassment.

Terry Pratchett
Love Is, Burning, Ears

There's a lot of science in it, and as Slartibartfast [in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] said: 'I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation.' I've never, ever been able to do one. I remember one occasion at Warwick University, when Jack and Ian were at their wits' end because I couldn't get it. I felt totally ashamed.

Terry Pratchett
Fans, Quadratic Equation, Quadratics
"Terry Pratchett: 'Fantasy is uni-age'" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2013.

Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.

Terry Pratchett
Thinking, People, Make You Think

There are some people who hate my guts. But that goes with the territory.

Terry Pratchett
Hate, People, Territory
"A life in writing: Terry Pratchett" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2011.

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

Terry Pratchett
Book, Writing, Hard

If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble.

Terry Pratchett
Book, Past, Government
"Terry Pratchett: 'Fantasy is uni-age'" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2013.

The 'New Testament', now, I quite liked. Jesus had a lot of good things to say, and as for his father, he must have been highly thought of by the community to work with wood - a material that couldn't have been widely available in Palestine.

Terry Pratchett
Jesus, Father, Community

Christ managed to boil down an awful lot of commandments to a few very simple rules for living. It's when you go backwards through the 'begats' and the Garden of Eden, and you start thinking, 'Hang on, that's a big punishment for eating one lousy apple... There's a human-rights issue.'

Terry Pratchett
Simple, Garden, Thinking

I became a journalist at 17. A few hours later, I saw my first dead body, which was somewhat... colourful. That's when I learned you can go on throwing up after you run out of things to throw up.

Terry Pratchett
Running, Body, Saws

Plot exposition that can be gently wound out by the authorial voice and internal monologue of a character in the length of a page has to be delivered in a matter of seconds on the stage.

Terry Pratchett
Character, Voice, Pages
Terry Pratchett (2014). “A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction”, p.107, Random House

There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.

Terry Pratchett
Humanity, Towns, Lenses
"A life in writing: Terry Pratchett" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2011.

We have been so successful in the past century at the art of living longer and staying alive that we have forgotten how to die. Too often we learn the hard way. As soon as the baby boomers pass pensionable age, their lesson will be harsher still.

Terry Pratchett
Baby, Art, Successful

I don't really plan. I'm almost intuitive about things.

Terry Pratchett
Plans, Intuitive
"Terry Pratchett on his latest novel, his medical diagnosis, and more". Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. November 16, 2012.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

Terry Pratchett
Feels, Felt
"Discworld's Terry Pratchett On Death And Deciding". Interview With Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. August 11, 2011.

You can't die with an unfinished book.

Terry Pratchett
Book, Unfinished, Dies
"Discworld's Terry Pratchett On Death And Deciding". Interview With Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. August 11, 2011.

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