Terry Pratchett Quotes

I treat my life as though I am on a tightrope.

I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire.

Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim.

I've never been interested in pure movement or pure stability, but in the unstable.

You can't even stand without risking to fall.

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.

Wirewalker, trust your feet! Let them lead you; they know the way.

Life can be like walking on a high wire. Falling seems a tiny misstep away.

I like being at that place where you can either fall or stand. That's where I think you really have a shot at doing something truthful.

When I define polarities in my work, I actually create the space between things. I point to the question I am actually interested in, without naming it.

Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.

I believe there is true expertise in some endeavors, and not in others. There is obviously no such thing as expertise in predicting the results of coin tosses, but there is expertise in predicting the behavior of lasers.

It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified. The reason I'm not is because I've done it for so many years.

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.

It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.

Results are uncertain even among the more experienced photographers.

It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it.

I just know how to run, and that is what I do.

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

Equilibrium is a figment of the human imagination.

It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.

Life and death are balanced as it were on the edge of a razor

I think the people that are best at something, they don't think about it much. That's the whole key to being good at anything.