Terry Pratchett Quotes

I want to put out a few books throughout my lifetime.

I feel I've got 10 books in me.

I wouldn't write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me.

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book.

I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I need, and the rest I can do without.

It don't take a lot to make me happy. I'm not spoiled like that.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

I'm happy to have nothing, so long as I'm sure I've been working.

If you're good, you'll get work. And if I've got food in my fridge and clothes on my back, I'll be happy.

I have been writing since I was a kid and thought what I wrote down could one day be made into a book.

I don't need much to be happy.

I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years.

I've written all that I've wanted to write to date.

People who can write a book usually do.

But how do I get to having to write a book?... It was a mother who bore me, not an inkwell!

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

I have done all that I came into this world to do. I have worked task work, and have the rest of the day to myself.

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

Like all former thinkers, I'm writing a book.

Counting the ones I've co-edited, I guess about 28 or 29 [books I've written].

Friends open the door for me to write. Then I get paid attention to and it allows me to write other books. The Great Spring and the thirtieth anniversary of Bones just came out and while I'm happy and excited about that, I've already finished a new book. That's what practice does. You don't get caught.

I would say [I love] writing, because lately I've been finishing my book.

Nevertheless, hateful as saying 'No' always is to an imaginative person, and certain as the offence may be that it will cause to individuals whose own work does not require isolated effort, the writer who is engaged on a book must learn to say it. He must say it consistently to all interrupters; to the numerous callers and correspondents who want him to speak, open bazaars, see them for 'only' ten minutes, attend literary parties, put people up, or read, correct and find publishers for semi-literate manuscripts by his personal friends.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.