"There's a door," he whispered. "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think," said Rincewind.

The conflict is not between Christianity and Islam or between East and West - instead, it is between stupid people and other stupid people.

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.

This man was so absent-mindedly clever that he could paint pictures that didn’t just follow you around the room but went home with you and did the washing-up.

Anyway, it's like with bikes,' said the first speaker authoritatively. 'I thought I was going to get this bike with seven gears and one of them razorblade saddles and purple paint and everything, and they gave me this light blue one. With a basket. A girl's bike.' 'Well. You're a girl,' said one of the others. 'That's sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they're a girl.