Terry Pratchett Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Terry Pratchett quotes and sayings page 3 (deceased author born on Apr 28, 1948). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 143 we have for him.
“This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.”
“Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.”
“Seven hundred thousand people who have dementia in this country are not heard. I'm fortunate; I can be heard. Regrettably, it's amazing how people listen if you stand up in public and give away $1 million for research into the disease, as I have done.”
“It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.”
“That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill. Who was it said - one of the famous lady novelists - 'unhappy is the family that contains an author'?”
“It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death.”
“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.”
“It's useful to go out of this world and see it from the perspective of another one.”
“I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”
“It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases - one was Alzheimer's, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer's.”
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