For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves.
Terry PratchettTragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals
Terry PratchettMoney is an unavoidable consequence, but it isn't the reason I write; if it was, I wouldn't have written any of the YA books, because advances in that field are small compared to what I'd got now for an 'adult' DW.
Terry PratchettRaising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason.
Terry Pratchett