Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBEwas an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971; after the first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, he wrote two books a year on average. His 2011 Discworld novel Snuff was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 April 1948
CityBeaconsfield, England
Terry Pratchett quotes about
...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.
The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its dumbest member divided by the number of mobsters.
What're quantum mechanics?" "I don't know. People who repair quantums, I suppose.
Ingenuity and incongruity always cheer me up.
The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays.
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.
Everything happens for a reason, except possibly football. (in Thief of Time)
The fastest way to travel is to be there already.
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.
There is always time for another last minute
The author can always delve into his own personality and find aspects of himself with which he can dress his characters.
Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.
Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.