I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there are more than 30 books in the Discworld series, it is the four that were written for children which have won the awards. I've never been quite certain why this is.

You can't kill me, I've got a magic... AAAARGH !

The pen is mightier than the sword ... if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things.

I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off.

Maybe the best comics are written by people who really are at ease in the comic world.

I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors.