A favorite quotation from highly quotable Terry Pratchett: “Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Bicycle for the Mind”
A couple of weeks ago on the show, I shared a quotation from Terry Pratchett, the late author.
He’s so quotable, I have to share a couple more.
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind.
It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.
Oh, nice.
Isn’t that nice?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Somebody who appreciates fantasy novels.
The value of writing for yourself.
Right.
Right, and there’s all this research now that shows that people have more empathy if they read fiction and that kind of thing, right?
Interesting.
I’ve got to share one more with you.
The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to A, mate with, B, eat, C, run away from, and D, rocks.
Rocks.
The more I hike in California, the more I tend to agree with that.
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