Lessee...he'd gone off after the funeral and gotten drunk. No, not drunk, another word, ended with "er." Drunker. that was it.

I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.'

Remember - that which does not kill us can only make us stronger. And that which does kill us leaves us dead!

Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned, had to be very pure indeed.

We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience

I would advise budding writers some other kind of job, unless they think they're very, very lucky.

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.