Fascism may be good at making the trains run on time, but you wouldn't like some of the destinations.
Terry PratchettIf you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read anything that seems interesting, because if you only read fantasy and then you start to write fantasy, all you're going to do is recycle the same old stuff and move it around a bit.
Terry PratchettEvery procedure for getting a cat to take a pill works fine - once. Like the Borg, they learn.
Terry Pratchett