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Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.

~Terry Pratchett

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Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.

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As far as I'm concerned, I'm a writer who's writing books, and therefore, I don't want to die. You'd miss the end of the book wouldn't you? You can't die with an unfinished book.

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There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.

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When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves.

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In my heart, I'm just a kid from the council houses. I can remember the old cottage and my dad coming round with the tin bath. I'm not a rich man.

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I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

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Tolkien is eminently filmable, I think. 'The Lord of the Rings' is intensely... landscaped. But 'Discworld' is about dialogue, which is one reason why it might be hard to film.

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By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom.

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I don't believe in the war god of the Israelites. He's a bogeyman. Jesus preached the golden rule, by and large.

~Terry Pratchett

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: April 28th, 1948

Died: March 12th, 2015

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