English - Author | April 28, 1948 - March 12, 2015
I don't really plan. I'm almost intuitive about things.
Terry Pratchett
PlanThingsAlmostAboutReally
Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen next, to make certain it fits what was going to be happening soon.
WorkMyselfDownGoSometimesAhead
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.
GoodScienceTimePeopleFiction
Siren voices tell me, 'You don't have to keep going on.' And then you think, 'I'm a writer. What do I do? Sit there watching my wife clean up?' I don't know. I like being a writer.
Keep GoingWifeMeThinkYouKnow
Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.
LifePeopleSpeakThinkYouFast
Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.
I AmMeLibraryJournalismWithout
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.
WritingBookEndDieYouWant
I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.
EveryoneFeltDepressedOftenFeels
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.
BetterHumanityLensSeeThrough
When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves.
FantasyKidReadScience-Fiction
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.
HeartManRichRememberI CanBath
I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.
WorkBackWriteHardBooksVery
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