“If I heeded all the advice I've had over the years, I'd have written 18 books about Rincewind.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
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“The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them.”
— Douglas Adams, book The Salmon of Doubt
Source: The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
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