Book Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

— Patrick Rothfuss

We need to read good books, and for that to happen, we need to share good books.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.

— Patrick Rothfuss

One thing I've learned now is that I should not say when a book is coming out until I'm sure I know.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I was reluctant to talk about my kids on the blog. I kept telling myself, "People aren't coming here for stories about…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

Each book needs a good beginning and a good ending. People get pissed off when you don't close things off properly at…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most…

— Patrick Rothfuss

My thought is, if you're a book lover, you're going to enjoy winning a book even if it's not something you'd ordinarily…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“It't hard to be wrongfully accused, but it's worse when the people looking down on you are clods who have never read…

— Patrick Rothfuss

You want to publish with a publisher because a publisher knows how to publish a book. And you don't. You really don't.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Sought we the Scrivani word-work of Surthur Long-long in ledger all hope forgotten Yet fast-found for friendship fair the book-bringer Hot comes…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Whenever you write a character, you want to make them themselves, you want to make them unique. You don't want fifty characters…

— Patrick Rothfuss

On the other hand, winning awards is cool. Aside from the warm fuzzy, it creates publicity, and that helps spread the word…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess - perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I don't think people need to know much about me to understand the book, or to enjoy it. The book stands by…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Reading can almost be viewed as empathy training. Movies have better action scenes, sure. But books are uniquely suited to showing you…

— Patrick Rothfuss

There is a difference between something being essential, and it being necessary. If you take your favorite book and strip it down…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“One of the things I hear a lot from people is how they found my book, or how they’ve shared it with…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Some people are going to be impatient no matter what. If I wrote two books a year, someone out there would be…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader.

— Patrick Rothfuss

There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the…

— Patrick Rothfuss

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but…

— Patrick Rothfuss

For people who don't know, the fundraiser works like this: people donate to Worldbuilders and they're automatically entered to win geeky swag…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Frequently, an author gets "orphaned" at a publisher. What this means is that an editor buys their book, then ends up getting…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Stand alone books are nice because they have everything all in one tidy little package. Neverwhere was awesome because you get action,…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book?…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Reading aloud sounds like a good idea, but honestly, it doesn't work very well. Good dialogue in a book doesn't actually bear…

— Patrick Rothfuss