Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid.

Certainly the Americans want to buy rights, but have no idea what to do with them.

Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.

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 the heart of any scam or fiddle -- keep the punter uncertain, or, if he is certain, make him certain of the wrong thing.

Once you've ruled out the impossible then whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth. The problem lay in working out what was impossible, of course. That was the trick, all right. There was also the curious incident of the orangutan in the night-time.

I mistrust the term graphic novel because it sounds like a good thing to put on a tee-shirt. That's why the French like them.