I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up after them.

I like being a writer.

Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them.

You'll see! We're going to the palace. Fetch Angua. We might need her. And bring the search warrant. You mean the sledgehammer, sir? Yes.

Other people salted away money for their old age, but Nanny preferred to accumulate memories.

The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people.

Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien's attic.