Want Quotes by 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

Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?

— Patrick Rothfuss

I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Isn't that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?

— Patrick Rothfuss

You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.

— 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

“All I want is someone who likes me." "All I want is a clear sign," I said. "All I want is a…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

“She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I want to learn how to pick locks, swordfight, throw pottery - it's all research. It's like the curious person's version of…

— Patrick Rothfuss

She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Right now my favorite thing is working to recall our absolute shitbag of a governor. He's been screwing up my state for…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket," Wil said. "And a ring of red amber that gives me power…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will…

— Patrick Rothfuss

My granda always told me that fall's the time to root up something you don't want coming back to trouble you.' Kote…

— 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

When someone writes something dazzlingly brilliant, people want to imitate it. The result is a lot of less-than-brilliant knock-offs. Elves, Dwarves, Goblin…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. You, as the author, had damn well better know…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I took a deep breath, 'I took the nahlrout because I didn't want to faint. I needed to let them know they…

— Patrick Rothfuss

So Stapes conducted a dinner for just the two of us, then informed me of a dozen small but important mistakes I…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare…

— Patrick Rothfuss

It's one thing to not want an evil-sorcerer type villain in your story, but it's another thing to avoid having any sort…

— Patrick Rothfuss

You can't write good characters if you can't imagine what it's like being in another person's skin. And if you can imagine…

— 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

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