Fantasy Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

“She smiled like knife on a velvet, she stretched like cat on the sun.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“«Siempre he preferido las noches sin luna. A oscuras es más fácil hablar. Es más fácil ser uno mismo» —Denna.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think.

— Patrick Rothfuss

There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial,…

— Patrick Rothfuss

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Unfortunately, a lot of fantasy is chock full of sexism and racism. A lot of authors don't even realize they're doing it,…

— Patrick Rothfuss

We have more brilliant fantasy novels than brilliant fantasy movies. Movies and TV are done by committee. But with a novel, it's…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I was heavily influenced by my first attempt at a novel. I started a fantasy novel back in high school, and... well...…

— Patrick Rothfuss

There is nothing I can't do writing in Fantasy. I can have romance, I can have mystery, I can have drama, I…

— Patrick Rothfuss

When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I've got a solid grounding in history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, etc etc. That means I actually have a good idea about how…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I started a novel back in high school. It wasn't very good. It was the opposite of good. The writing itself wasn't…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Also, worldbuilding touches all aspects of your story. It touches plot and character as well. If you don't know the culture your…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The thing that helps me do a good job is that I don't feel the need to explain everything about the world…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I think authors are just realizing there's no real reason to feel limited to a narrow set of genre rules in their…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Then, slowly, my feet settled to the ground. Before I had taken six steps I sagged like a sail when the wind…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“If you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors…

— Patrick Rothfuss

After I'd been in college for a couple years I'd read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem…

— Patrick Rothfuss

When you read a fantasy novel part of the fun is getting to explore a new world. Everyone knows that. But I…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I'm not implying that fantasy is for kids. I'm saying that more and more people are finally realizing that there's more to…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Fantasy is a genre that allows me to create anything I want. That, in turn, allows me to explore any sort of…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Don't get me wrong, hard and soft fantasy stories can both be good. But you need to know which camp you're in.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Soft fantasy worlds have a much looser cause-and-effect relationship. Alchemists can turn lead into gold and nobody wonders about how it will…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I've read fantasy my whole life. Quite literally; my mom read me The Hobbit before I could read stuff to myself. So…

— Patrick Rothfuss