There are no inconsistencies in the Discworld books; occasionally, however, there are alternate pasts.
[ alt.fan.pratchett ]

"It's an old magical principle -- it's even filtered down into RPG systems -- that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be 'stored' -- in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course.
[ alt.fan.pratchett ]

AFPer: Can anyone PLEASE tell me the ‘rules’ and ‘regulations’ of headology?? It just seems to me that it's an area which is not properly defined, that's all.
TP: Ah. It appears you have discovered Rule 1.
[ alt.fan.pratchett ]

To get the walkthrough, you have to take the sponge from Nanny Ogg's pantry and stick it in the ear of the troll with the tutu, then take the lumps and put them in the pouch with the zombie's razor.
The things you have to do to find the Discworld Game cheats.
[ alt.fan.pratchett ]

I must confess the the activities of the UK governments for the past couple of years have been watched with frank admiration and amazement by Lord Vetinari. Outright theft as a policy had never occurred to him.
[ alt.fan.pratchett ]

I think that sick people in Ankh-Morpork generally go to a vet. It's generally a better bet. There's more pressure on a vet to get it right. People say 'it was god's will' when granny dies, but they get angry when they lose a cow.
[ alt.fan.pratchett ]

Let's see, now... in HOGFATHER there are a number of stabbings, someone's killed by a man made of knives, someone's killed by the dark, and someone just been killed by a wardrobe. It's a book about the magic of childhood. You can tell.
[ alt.fan.pratchett ]

I'm getting a lot of mail and email about FoC ( I particularly liked the postcard which read 'We were sure it was the wallpaper, you bastard!!!!!' ). I'm glad to say that most Baconians hared off after poissons rouge.
[ alt.fan.pratchett ]

I think it is quite hard for soldiers to stop wars. There isn't a 'don't fire' trigger on the gun.
[ Pterry, interview ]

Millions of species have lived and died, and some of them were - in our eyes - thoroughly worthy of living. But that doesn't matter, when a damn great rock slaps into the planet. I like humanity. I would quite like to see us continue
[ Pterry, interview ]

It is both sad and curiously pleasing to phone up a theater when they're doing the last dress rehearsal of a play that they haven't actually asked permission to stage, and say, 'Terry Pratchett. Is there a piece of paper you should have sent to me?' And you hear the sound of someone looking for a change of underwear at the other end of the phone.
[ Pterry, interview ]

... I get fan mail from some of the younger fans and they say, "What was the bit with the three old ladies?" And I say, "Haven't you heard of Chekhov?" "Yes, wasn't he the first officer on the Enterprise?" And I think, "Oh, dear me. I'm an old man, I'm going to have to kill myself!"
[ Pterry, interview ]

But when I'm in Australia I drink beer, because if you are in Australia and you don't drink beer you are prosecuted.
[ Pterry, interview ]

Although, I have to say as I get older, Unseen University sounds like the perfect habitat. No one expects you to actually do any work. You just show up for meals, which are quite good. You just find an office somewhere and move in.
[ Pterry, interview ]

Then, there was another one where we were at a public broadcasting radio station somewhere on the West Coast. The director of protocol came out to see us before the interview. She looked us up and down and said, "You're English, aren't you? Now, you're not going to swear on the air are you?" We replied, "Well, we hadn't intended to…" But, of course, now that was all we could think about! We were passing each other notes saying, "Be sure not to say $#@!"
[ Pterry, interview ]

I recently said to a relative of mine, "We're having a holiday this year." And she said, "From what, exactly?"
[ Pterry, interview ]

In Men-at-Arms, I didn't know Cuddy was going to be the one who died. When it happened, I realized a character you liked had to die. Its not like The A-Team with machine guns and no-one gets killed. I had to say guns kill, that's what happens. That's the thing about guns; that's what they're there for.
[ Pterry, interview ]

I know what I put in; what you get out is between you and your God. You might get out more than I put in.
[ Pterry, interview ]

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