SOURCE: Pratchett, Terry, and Sally Weale. “Life on Planet Pratchett.” Guardian (8 November 2002): 6.

In the following interview, Pratchett insists the relative lack of critical praise for his Discworld books, and his writing in general, doesn't bother him.

Terry Pratchett, millionaire bestselling book writer, is something of a conundrum. Here is a man who is probably Britain's most fanatically followed novelist. He has sold 30 million books worldwide and has been translated into 29 languages. He regularly tops both paperback and hardback bestseller lists and is the only author to have topped adult and children's lists simultaneously.

In the 90s, he was Britain's bestselling author (he has since been overtaken by J K Rowling); he is as prolific as Donna Tartt is not, producing on average two books a year, and when you walk into a bookshop, entire walls covered with shelves are devoted to him. When he does signing tours (every...