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
“My fear is, what is the larger effect of my book on the world and on the minds of the people who… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Today,' Elodin said brightly, 'we will talk about things that cannot be talked about. Specifically, we will discuss why some things cannot… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“What the hell do you call that?" I asked him quietly. "Firefog?" "We could," he responded. "Kilvin would probably call it an… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I wasn't entirely surprised to find Elodin on Stonebridge. Very little about the Master Namer surprised me these days. He sat on… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.' There was a moment of stunned silence.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It felt exactly like someone had hit me in the head with a church.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“The following day I abandoned my pointless searching and planted myself in one of the open air-cafés where I drank coffee and… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Then the high king carefully turned the golden screw. Once: Nothing. Twice: Nothing. Then he turned it the third time, and the… — 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
“She washed he hands,then looked at my side. "you haven't even had it stitched?" She said incredulously. "I've been rather busy," I… — 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 Image
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 Image
“Prefiero tocar canciones que divierten a mis amigos que complacer a quienes me juzgan basándose solo en habladurías" - Kvothe” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
