--- title: "26 Want Quotes By Patrick Rothfuss" description: "26 Want quotes by Patrick Rothfuss. Plus more from Patrick Rothfuss and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/patrick-rothfuss-145_beautiful_why-would-i-want-to-win-anything-other-t_992568.jpg" --- > [Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/why-would-i-want-to-win-anything-other-than-a-beautiful-game/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/patrick-rothfuss-145_beautiful_why-would-i-want-to-win-anything-other-t_992568.jpg) > [You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/you-don-t-want-the-world-destroyed-because-you-know-that-s-where-your/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/patrick-rothfuss-145_because_you-don-t-want-the-world-destroyed-becau_158945.jpg) > [You want to publish with a publisher because a publisher knows how to publish a book. And you don't. You really don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/you-want-to-publish-with-a-publisher-because-a-publisher-knows-how-to/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/patrick-rothfuss-145_book_you-want-to-publish-with-a-publisher-bec_1440162.jpg) > [Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/do-you-just-want-to-get-by-or-do-you-want-to-make-me-proud/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/patrick-rothfuss-145_pride_do-you-just-want-to-get-by-or-do-you-wan_2932867.jpg) > [I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-think-the-best-part-of-being-an-author-is-that-i-get-to-learn-about/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/patrick-rothfuss-145_books_i-think-the-best-part-of-being-an-author_1357456.jpg) > [Isn't that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/isn-t-that-the-way-of-the-world-we-want-the-sweet-things-but-we-need/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/patrick-rothfuss-145_needs_isn-t-that-the-way-of-the-world-we-want_1010478.jpg) > [Right now my favorite thing is working to recall our absolute shitbag of a governor. He's been screwing up my state for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/right-now-my-favorite-thing-is-working-to-recall-our-absolute-shitbag/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/patrick-rothfuss-145_absolutes_right-now-my-favorite-thing-is-working-t_782786.jpg) > [I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket," Wil said. "And a ring of red amber that gives me power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-want-a-magical-horse-that-fits-in-my-pocket-wil-said-and-a-ring-of/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/patrick-rothfuss-145_amber_i-want-a-magical-horse-that-fits-in-my-p_2427087.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/it-s-one-thing-to-not-want-an-evil-sorcerer-type-villain-in-your/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/patrick-rothfuss-145_antagonist_it-s-one-thing-to-not-want-an-evil-sorce_3094846.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/you-can-t-write-good-characters-if-you-can-t-imagine-what-it-s-like/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/patrick-rothfuss-145_character_you-can-t-write-good-characters-if-you-c_1983242.jpg) > [I was reluctant to talk about my kids on the blog. I kept telling myself, "People aren't coming here for stories about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-was-reluctant-to-talk-about-my-kids-on-the-blog-i-kept-telling/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/patrick-rothfuss-145_advice_i-was-reluctant-to-talk-about-my-kids-on_2227055.jpg) > [Whenever you write a character, you want to make them themselves, you want to make them unique. You don't want fifty characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/whenever-you-write-a-character-you-want-to-make-them-themselves-you/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/patrick-rothfuss-145_book_whenever-you-write-a-character-you-want_2505398.jpg) > [Fantasy is a genre that allows me to create anything I want. That, in turn, allows me to explore any sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/fantasy-is-a-genre-that-allows-me-to-create-anything-i-want-that-in/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/patrick-rothfuss-145_asks_fantasy-is-a-genre-that-allows-me-to-cre_2036351.jpg) > [“All I want is someone who likes me." "All I want is a clear sign," I said. "All I want is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/all-i-want-is-someone-who-likes-me-all-i-want-is-a-clear-sign-i-said/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/patrick-rothfuss-145_want_all-i-want-is-someone-who-likes-me-all-i_294060.jpg) > [I took a deep breath, 'I took the nahlrout because I didn't want to faint. I needed to let them know they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-took-a-deep-breath-i-took-the-nahlrout-because-i-didn-t-want-to/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/patrick-rothfuss-145_deep-breath_i-took-a-deep-breath-i-took-the-nahlrout_850279.jpg) > [So Stapes conducted a dinner for just the two of us, then informed me of a dozen small but important mistakes I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/so-stapes-conducted-a-dinner-for-just-the-two-of-us-then-informed-me/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/patrick-rothfuss-145_crude_so-stapes-conducted-a-dinner-for-just-th_369765.jpg) > [I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-never-set-out-to-become-famous-i-mean-when-you-re-14-you-think-i-m/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/patrick-rothfuss-145_autograph_i-never-set-out-to-become-famous-i-mean_502287.jpg) > [My granda always told me that fall's the time to root up something you don't want coming back to trouble you.' Kote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/my-granda-always-told-me-that-fall-s-the-time-to-root-up-something/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/patrick-rothfuss-145_autumn_my-granda-always-told-me-that-fall-s-the_2527808.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/when-someone-writes-something-dazzlingly-brilliant-people-want-to/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/patrick-rothfuss-145_army_when-someone-writes-something-dazzlingly_1652666.jpg) > [Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/fantasy-is-my-favorite-genre-for-reading-and-writing-we-have-more/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/patrick-rothfuss-145_best_fantasy-is-my-favorite-genre-for-reading_238126.jpg) > [The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. You, as the author, had damn well better know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/the-key-to-good-worldbuilding-is-leaving-out-most-of-what-you-create/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/patrick-rothfuss-145_books_the-key-to-good-worldbuilding-is-leaving_1004360.jpg) > [I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-have-heard-what-poets-write-about-women-they-rhyme-and-rhapsodize-2/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/patrick-rothfuss-145_color_i-have-heard-what-poets-write-about-wome_978020.jpg) > [Most games follow a real railroad plot, no matter what you want, you're following their storyline to its unavoidable conclusion. I'd like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/most-games-follow-a-real-railroad-plot-no-matter-what-you-want-you-re/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/patrick-rothfuss-145_arcs_most-games-follow-a-real-railroad-plot-n_173520.jpg) > [“She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/she-was-a-wicked-thing-sometimes-all-full-of-want-as-if-the-shape-of/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/patrick-rothfuss-145_ego_she-was-a-wicked-thing-sometimes-all-ful_2005173.jpg) > [I want to learn how to pick locks, swordfight, throw pottery - it's all research. It's like the curious person's version of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-want-to-learn-how-to-pick-locks-swordfight-throw-pottery-it-s-all/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/patrick-rothfuss-145_curious_i-want-to-learn-how-to-pick-locks-swordf_1582266.jpg) > [She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/she-taught-me-i-should-never-do-anything-in-private-i-did-not-want/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/patrick-rothfuss-145_character_she-taught-me-i-should-never-do-anything_1043861.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Patrick Rothfuss > [Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/each-woman-is-like-an-instrument-waiting-to-be-learned-loved-and/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/it-s-like-the-query-letter-problem-that-i-just-mentioned-magnified-a/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [“Prefiero tocar canciones que divierten a mis amigos que complacer a quienes me juzgan basándose solo en habladurías" - Kvothe”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/prefiero-tocar-canciones-que-divierten-a-mis-amigos-que-complacer-a/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/wilem-snorted-that-doesn-t-sound-suspicious-at-all-he-said-and-you/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [“The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/the-point-isn-t-to-win-the-game-the-point-is-to-play-a-beautiful-game/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-was-nervous-about-writing-slow-regard/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-am-no-poet-i-do-not-love-words-for-the-sake-of-words-i-love-words/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [“There is something deeply satisfying in shaping something with your hands. Proper artificing is like a song made solid. It is an act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/there-is-something-deeply-satisfying-in-shaping-something-with-your/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/he-had-a-bright-reckless-tenor-that-was-always-wandering-off-looking/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-smiled-deoch-my-heart-is-made-of-stronger-stuff-than-glass-when-she/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-have-a-blog-where-i-keep-in-touch-with-my-fans-i-write-about-things/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/soft-fantasy-worlds-have-a-much-looser-cause-and-effect-relationship/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/but-how-awful-would-that-be-how-terrible-to-live-surrounded-by-the/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/here-s-the-thing-authors-live-or-die-by-recommendations-that-s-one-of/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [I was pretty poor for a long time. Not \*poor\* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult life living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-was-pretty-poor-for-a-long-time-not-poor-poor-but-college-student/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/patrick-rothfuss/#itemlist", "name": "26 Want Quotes By Patrick Rothfuss", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Rothfuss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/why-would-i-want-to-win-anything-other-than-a-beautiful-game/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/patrick-rothfuss-145_beautiful_why-would-i-want-to-win-anything-other-t_992568.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/patrick-rothfuss-145_beautiful_why-would-i-want-to-win-anything-other-t_992568.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/patrick-rothfuss-145_beautiful_why-would-i-want-to-win-anything-other-t_992568.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?” — Patrick Rothfuss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Rothfuss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/you-don-t-want-the-world-destroyed-because-you-know-that-s-where-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/patrick-rothfuss-145_because_you-don-t-want-the-world-destroyed-becau_158945.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/patrick-rothfuss-145_because_you-don-t-want-the-world-destroyed-becau_158945.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/patrick-rothfuss-145_because_you-don-t-want-the-world-destroyed-becau_158945.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.” — Patrick Rothfuss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You want to publish with a publisher because a publisher knows how to publish a book. 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