Terry Pratchett - A Life With Footnotes quotes

Below are some of my favourite quotes from Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins.

The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed.

— G. K. Chesterton, ALiF pg. 56

Many years later, asked to nominate guests for his 'dream' writers' dinner party, Terry chose G. K. Chesterton, Mark Twain and Neil Gaiman, adding that he chose Chesterton and Twain for their literary prowess and the likely brilliance of their conversation, and that he chose Gaiman because he could be relied upon to locate good sushi.

— ALiF pg. 57

That was proper nostalgia, not like the nostalgia you get today.

— Terry Pratchett, ALiF pg. 58