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Terry Pratchett

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You can't die with an unfinished book.


— Terry Pratchett


#die #unfinished #you

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.


— Terry Pratchett


#alone #alzheimer #brave #cancer #disease

I think it does Discworld good if I don't write about it all the time: sometimes you have to get it out of your system.


— Terry Pratchett


#does #get #good #i #i think

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.


— Terry Pratchett


#ancient times #cats #forgotten #gods #times

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.


— Terry Pratchett


#bicycle #could #course #exercise #fantasy

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.


— Terry Pratchett


#books #cranky #get #hard #i

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.


— Terry Pratchett


#most #writing #you #yourself

What is normal? Normal was yesterday. If you lose a leg, one day you're hopping around on one leg, so you know the difference.


— Terry Pratchett


#day #difference #know #leg #lose

My own books drive themselves. I know roughly where a book is going to end, but essentially the story develops under my fingers. It's just a matter of joining the dots.


— Terry Pratchett


#books #develops #dots #drive #end

I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off.


— Terry Pratchett


#bang #because #down #feel #get






About Terry Pratchett

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Did you know about Terry Pratchett?

His family moved to Bridgwater Somerset briefly in 1957 following which he passed his eleven plus exam in 1959 earning him a place in John Hampden Grammar School. He was made an adjunct Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin in 2010 with a role in postgraduate education in creative writing and popular literature. Pratchett's first novel The Carpet People was publiTerry Pratchettd in 1971 and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was publiTerry Pratchettd in 1983 he has written two books a year on average.

His latest Discworld book Snuff was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-audience novel since records began in the United Kingdom selling 55000 copies in the first three days. Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett OBE (born 28 April 1948) is an English author of fantasy novels especially comical works. In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he was suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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