I get it,' said the prisoner. 'Good Cop, Bad Cop, eh?' If you like.' said Vimes. 'But we're a bit short staffed here, so if I give you a cigarette would you mind kicking yourself in the teeth?

Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.

escapism isn't good or bad in itself. what is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to.

Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.'

I've never really liked the Yanks. ... You can't trust people who pick up the ball all the time when they play football.

I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.