Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk [...]

Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.

History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it

When you read, I'm sure you don't realize that your eyes are going backwards and forwards and to this place and that place. Mine don't do that.

The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing someone being baked alive in his own armour. You didn't get the chance every day to see someone baked alive in their own armour. It would be something for the children to remember.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

... all reputable falconers agreed that for hunting purposes the only way you could reliably bring down prey with a wowhawk was by using it in a slingshot.