Humor is important. If you're going to tell any sort of realistic story, you're going to have to have humor in it,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I take back everything I ever said about that boy being clever." He turned around to face the bar while leveling an… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I have an apple that thinks its a pear. And a bun that thinks it’s a cat. And a lettuce that thinks… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Now it's virtually impossible to write a game that successfully provides challenge and frustration, and that's a shame. We are going to… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Writing from a teen's perspective is easy as pie. At least I've actually been a teen. I've never been a woman, or… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
“Prefiero tocar canciones que divierten a mis amigos que complacer a quienes me juzgan basándose solo en habladurías" - Kvothe” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
“Wilem snorted."That doesn't sound suspicious at all," he said. "And you wonder why people talk about you." "I don't wonder why they talk," I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
“The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
“There is something deeply satisfying in shaping something with your hands. Proper artificing is like a song made solid. It is an act of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I smiled,"Deoch, my heart is made of stronger stuff than glass. When she strikes she'll find it strong as iron-bound brass, or gold and… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
Soft fantasy worlds have a much looser cause-and-effect relationship. Alchemists can turn lead into gold and nobody wonders about how it will impact the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough? — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving books you… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult life living… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
