The object of war is to survive it.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

If one does die taking these drugs, the death is likely to be very peaceful. Morphia is, after all, the goddess of dreams.

If you are chronically down, it is a lifelong fight to keep from sinking

Luck is my middle name, " said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad.

When I say I'm instinctive [in writing], I do feel like I need to hide what I'm doing from myself. My mind just needs to be able to operate untrammeled.

I worry about images. Images are what things mean.

That's what I take pride in in my stand-up, is changing things up. Being special.

Don't worry about tomorrow, let it fix itself. Today has a problem of its own.

For the most part, I definitely don't identify as any gender. I'm not a guy; I don't really feel like a woman, but obviously I was born one.

Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place.

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.