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 Copy Share Image
Most games follow a real railroad plot, no matter what you want, you're following their storyline to its unavoidable conclusion. I'd like… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
My only real daydreamy casting over the years has been Natalie Portman for Denna. She's an amazing actress, and Denna is going… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't actually have cable. I watch TV, but only shows that I buy on DVD. As a result my TV rage… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't feel beholden to follow the real world at all. The important thing is to know WHY things turned out the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book?… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
You still think I've gone cracked in the head," Ben said, amused. "Listen, if tomorrow we pulled into Biren and someone told… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
