Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.

The worst thing you can do is nothing.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top.

When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.

Screenwriting is made of brevity.

There is nothing uglier than a very beautiful face with an ugly heart.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.

The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea.

The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.

Life is not intellectual or critical, but sturdy. Its chief good is for well-mixed people who can enjoy what they find, without question.

Friendship is necessary to our well-being—not just nice but necessary. We all hunger for it; it’s a universal need.