Given enough coffee I could rule the world

Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge.

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

You're not going to tell me they built fifty-foot-high killer golems, are you?" "Only a man would think of that. It's our job," said Moist. "If you don't think of fifty-foot-high killer golems first, someone else will.

Tell someone you are going to rob them and all that will happen is that you'll get a reputation as a truthful man.

There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.

The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when people have a really big series they franchise it, which I thought is a bit of a no-no, so I thought what I'd do is I'd franchise it to myself.