Science fiction is fantasy with bolts painted on outside.

There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.

The worst thing you can do is nothing.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top.

Opportunity is swift of flight but slow to return.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct.

I look for people who work to solve problems and help colleagues, I sack politicians.

Leather is always sexy, and you have to wear leather when you ride a bike. It's more for protection, but it also gets you some style points, I think.

close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.

Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.

I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.