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In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 y

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. – Terry Pratchett

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I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer. – Terry Pratchett

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The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that cant so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care? – Terry Pratchett

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It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational – and Im speaking the written science fiction, not Star Trek. Science fiction writers tend to fill their books if theyre clever with little bits of interesting stuff and real stuff. – Terry Pratchett

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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. – Paul Cezanne

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Any artist should be grateful for a na?ve grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. – Saul Bellow

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Art must take reality by surprise. – Francoise Sagan

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Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art it is the part the schools cannot recognize. – James Joyce

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A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. – Marcel Proust

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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile. – J. B. Priestley

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