He taught only one class: 'Unlikely Maths'. But since the time was listed as "now" and the place, "everywhere," this was hardly… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can.… — 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's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you… — 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
“For the first time in my life I understood the true purpose of this sort of formal greeting. It gives you a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“We were none of us particularly drunk. But then again, none of us were particularly sober either. Our exact positioning between these… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I remember one time I looked for the stone for almost an hour before I consented to ask the other half (of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Let me say this. It was worth the whole awful, irritating time spent searching the Archives just to watch that moment happen.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Is there a connection between language and magic? Yes. Ten times yes. So much yes that it almost doesn't bear talking about.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“We talked about who we liked in the University, but more time was spent mulling over who we didn’t like, and why,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It had felt as if I were truly awake for the first time, true knowledge running like ice in my blood. The… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
You've got a great chance in college to do all sorts of terrible irresponsible things, and you should totally do them. I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“There's no clear water from a muddy well. All you can do is let the silt settle until the water clears otherwise… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
How about this?' Simmon asked me. "Which is worse, stealing a pie or killing Ambrose?" I gave it a moment's hard thought.… — 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
