Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

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.

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.

Do one small thing immediately - often this is all you need to do to get started.

Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now.

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.

By trying so hard to provide the perfectly happy childhood, we're just making it harder for our kids to actually grow up.

Maybe staying on the surface keeps her from returning to a place where she can't breathe.

Science is the disinterested search for the objective truth about the material world.

I think diversity for most actors is such a blessing. It's something definitely I've strived for.