Isn't that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Fantasy is a genre that allows me to create anything I want. That, in turn, allows me to explore any sort of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not… — 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
“She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“All I want is someone who likes me." "All I want is a clear sign," I said. "All I want is a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. You, as the author, had damn well better know… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
So Stapes conducted a dinner for just the two of us, then informed me of a dozen small but important mistakes I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket," Wil said. "And a ring of red amber that gives me power… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
