Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off.

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

His parents called him Youngster. They did this in the subconcious hope that he might take the hint. Wensleydale gave the impression of having been born with a mental age of 47.

They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done. They seemed prepared to make the world the way they wanted it or die in the attempt, and the trouble with dying in the attempt was that you died in the attempt.

Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.