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Terry PratchettYou can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened people are running around with edged weaponry, there are deaths. Stupid deaths, usually. I'm not writing 'The A-Team' - if there's a fight going on, people will get hurt. Not letting this happen would be a betrayal.
Terry Pratchett"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind."
Terry PratchettOne day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.
Terry Pratchett