"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever" he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?"

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

It was sad, like those businessmen who came to work in serious clothes but wore colorful ties in a mad, desperate attempt to show there was a free spirit in there somewhere.

There are some things that are more appropriate to a children's than an adult book but there's a huge overlapping area and most kids read an age group up anyway.

People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, "Oh. Sorry. I thought you were someone else.

Give anyone a lever long enough and they can change the world. It's unreliable levers that are the problem.

Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often students, for heaven's sake.