"I read anything that’s going to be interesting. But you don’t know what it is until you’ve read it. Somewhere in a book on the history of false teeth there’ll be the making of a novel."
"Many people could say things in a cutting way, Nanny knew. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it."
"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."
"If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship."
"It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living."
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom."