Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck it out once a week.

Where's the pleasure in bein' the winner if the loser ain't alive to know they've lost?

Currently, it was leading him through a neighborhood that was on the downside of whatever curve you hoped you'd bought your property on the upside of. Graffiti and garbage were everywhere here. They were everywhere in the city, if it came to that, but elsewhere the garbage was better quality, and the graffiti was close to being correctly spelled. The whole area was waiting for something to happen, like a really bad fire.

Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn’t do good for people, she did right by them.

If you get the characters right you've done sometimes nearly half the work. I sometimes find I get the characters right then the characters will often help me write the book - not what they look like that's not very important - what people look like is not about their character. You have to describe the shape they leave in the world, how they react to things, what effect they have on people and you do that by telling their story.

There are no inconsistencies in the Discworld books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts.

Shoes, men, coffins; never accept the first one you see.