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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.

- Terry Pratchett
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Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science.

In all seriousness, people think that it's the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine down and remember them, but at some point you have to apply the bum to the seat and knock out about sixty five thousand words - that's how long a novel is.

It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death.

I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation.

I like being a writer.

You can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened people are running around with edged weaponry, there are deaths. Stupid deaths, usually. I'm not writing 'The A-Team' - if there's a fight going on, people will get hurt. Not letting this happen would be a betrayal.

I think I would like to go into modelling. Of course, I don't know how to do it, and wouldn't be any good at it if I did, so I'm going to employ someone to walk the catwalks on my behalf. It would still be me, of course.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.