The thing about stories is you have to pick the ones that last.

You are in favour of the common people?” said Dragon mildly. The common people?” said Vimes. “They’re nothing special. They’re no different from the rich and powerful except they’ve got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose I’ve got to be on their side.

In all seriousness, people think that it's the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine down and remember them, but at some point you have to apply the bum to the seat and knock out about sixty five thousand words - that's how long a novel is.

In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

It's a terrible thing for a man when his woman gangs up on him wi' a toad

You can't remember the plot of the Dr Who movie because it didn't have one, just a lot of plot holes strung together. It did have a lot of flashing lights, though.