Pratchett's Women Quotes

“How rare is it to find a book that does this? How rare to have a story with so many women in it that you don’t even need a romance because the women already have plenty to do? In the fantasy genre.”
― Tansy Rayner Roberts, Pratchett's Women: Unauthorised Essays on Female Characters of the Discworld

“Indeed, all of the Lancre Witch novel plots tend to be about stories, and how stories work in a world of magic. This meta-element raises them into being far more than amusing romps with complicated sentences (which I think is a fair description of all the Discworld books before Wyrd Sisters).”
― Tansy Rayner Roberts, Pratchett's Women: Unauthorised Essays on Female Characters of the Discworld

“One of the things I’ve always loved and appreciated about the Discworld novels is how every re-read brings new layers to them. I used to think it was because I was a fast, careless reader, but no. It’s the books. In these essays that I’m often in conversation with myself at different points in my life, because the books have different effects and meanings depending on my age and experience.”
― Tansy Rayner Roberts, Pratchett's Women: Unauthorised Essays on Female Characters of the Discworld

“By the time I reach cronehood, I expect I’ll have given up on most other authors, but Pratchett will still be there, teaching me something new.”
― Tansy Rayner Roberts, Pratchett's Women: Unauthorised Essays on Female Characters of the Discworld