Omens are everywhere in this world you just have to find the one that fits. Terry Pratchett More Quotes by Terry Pratchett More Quotes From Terry Pratchett Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats out of the garden was to have one yourself. A moment's rational thought here will spot the slight flaw in this reasoning. Terry Pratchett territorycatgarden Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's all right. Terry Pratchett huntscatifs I don’t see why it matters what is written. Not when it’s about people. It can always be crossed out. Terry Pratchett good-omensmatterpeople Somewhere around the place I've got an unfinished short story about Schrodinger's Dog; it was mostly moaning about all the attention the cat was getting. Terry Pratchett catdogfunny Things have no power that humans don't put there. Terry Pratchett honestyhumans It's an old magical principle - it's even filtered down into RPG systems - that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be 'stored' - in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course. Terry Pratchett rpgseffortmagic This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do. Terry Pratchett discworldtake-mepay ...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done. Terry Pratchett ingredientsdoneknowing Always face what you fear. Have just enough money, never too much, and some string. Even if it’s not your fault, it’s your responsibility. Witches deal with things. Never stand between two mirrors. Never cackle. Do what you must do. Never lie, but you don’t always have to be honest. Never wish. Especially don’t wish upon a star, which is astronomically stupid. Open your eyes, and then open your eyes again. Terry Pratchett starsstupidlying We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am. Terry Pratchett philosopherthinking Writing, for me, is a little like wood carving. You find the lump of tree (the big central theme that gets you started), and you start cutting the shape that you think you want it to be. But you find, if you do it right, that the wood has a grain of its own (characters develop and present new insights, concentrated thinking about the story opens new avenues). If you're sensible, you work with the grain and, if you come across a knot hole, you incorporate that into the design. This is not the same as 'making it up as you go along'; it's a very careful process of control. Terry Pratchett cuttingwritingcharacter There has been a lot of bad fantasy in the past - I'm by no means saying that all classic fantasy out there is bad - but there has been a lot of bad fantasy written by people who read a lot of fantasy and so all they keep doing is recycling it. Terry Pratchett meanpeoplepast I have a suspicion - I have to be careful what I say - that you might actually find the best comics actually written by people who are comics writers and who aren't setting out to do graphic novels. Terry Pratchett graphic-novelsmightpeople Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through. Terry Pratchett smartdumbtrying The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking. Terry Pratchett greenlightnew-york Oh, there's plenty of reasons. I just don't know which one. Terry Pratchett plentyreasonknows Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. Terry Pratchett evolution-of-mantrial-and-errormoral-fiber Particles of raw inspiration sleet through the universe all the time. Every once in a while one of them hits a receptive mind, which then invents DNA or the flute sonata form or a way of making light bulbs wear out in half the time. But most of them miss. Most people go through their lives without being hit by even one. Terry Pratchett dnalightinspiration Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II in the lexicon of squabble. Terry Pratchett lexiconphrasesasking They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker Terry Pratchett thinkercrybattle
