The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.

The truth isn't easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap and much more difficult to find.

Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!

"There's a door," he whispered. "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think," said Rincewind.

When much is taken, something is returned.

I don't think about the end game. I've got lots to occupy my mind. It's the rage that keeps me going.