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 authorialcharacterdeliver Change image and share on social
I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.' Terry Pratchett adamalightbook share on social
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. Terry Pratchett darknessfastfind Change image and share on social
I think we are waiting for an e-book that even non-techies can be comfortable with. From my point of view, the biggest change is that I don't have to spend most of the day printing out and packaging a manuscript. I think I almost miss that. Terry Pratchett bigbookchange share on social
The harder I work, the luckier I become. Terry Pratchett hardluckywork Change image and share on social
The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe. Terry Pratchett bbccapabledoctor share on social
I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.' Terry Pratchett 20thamiableboat share on social
I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's. Terry Pratchett alzheimerbrainhear Change image and share on social
Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death. Terry Pratchett agecrechedeath Change image and share on social
I'm not really good at fun-to-know, human interest stuff. We're not 'celebrities', whose life itself is a performance. Good or bad or ugly, we are our words. They're what people meet. Terry Pratchett badcelebrityfun Change image and share on social