You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.

The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.

I don't want to hurt you, Mistress Weatherwax," said Mrs Gogol. "That's good," said Granny. "I don't want you to hurt me either.

All he knew was that you couldn't hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be able to achieve some tiny deed that'd make the world, in a small way, a better place. Like shooting someone.

Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong.