And he dreamed the dream of all those who publish books, which was to have so much gold in your pockets that you would have to employ two people just to hold your trousers up.

I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.

The words are easy - most of them have already been invented.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

One day all of us will die but - and this is the important thing - we are not dead yet.

I don't think a baker reads an awful lot about bread.

It wasn't that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.