Writer Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

It's hard for a newbie author to get noticed.

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Sit your ass down and write.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I write what I don't know. It's way more interesting.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.

— Patrick Rothfuss

“More books than I could read? Somehow I doubted that.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

For me the really cool parts of being an author don't have anything to do with getting onto a bestseller list.

— 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

As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.

— Patrick Rothfuss

We need to read good books, and for that to happen, we need to share good books.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I…

— Patrick Rothfuss

That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Hours later the blank sheet still stared at me, and I beat my fist against the desk in fury and fustration, striking…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Some people are going to be impatient no matter what. If I wrote two books a year, someone out there would be…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I'm not a speed writer. I write slowly and revise obsessively. The end result tends to be good. That's where my strength…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Reading is professionally important for me to keep tuned in to what's being written in my genre, let's not lie. But that's…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I was heavily influenced by my first attempt at a novel. I started a fantasy novel back in high school, and... well...…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The myth stems from the belief that writing is some mystical process. That it's magical. That it abides by its own set…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book?…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Stand alone books are nice because they have everything all in one tidy little package. Neverwhere was awesome because you get action,…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Frequently, an author gets "orphaned" at a publisher. What this means is that an editor buys their book, then ends up getting…

— 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

Now the truth is, writing is a great way to deal with a lot of difficult emotional issues. It can be very…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I really enjoy work to a purpose. Maybe that makes me kind of strange. In some ways - and this is going…

— Patrick Rothfuss

As authors, most - most authors , our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to…

— Patrick Rothfuss

It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year is a…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I don't think people need to know much about me to understand the book, or to enjoy it. The book stands by…

— Patrick Rothfuss

But it isn’t a rough draft either. The one I turned in several months ago was rough. There were some bad plot…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one,…

— Patrick Rothfuss

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

— 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…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Sometimes when I get up after writing, I'm surprised at how my body feels. Suddenly I'm not a lanky, hungry young boy…

— Patrick Rothfuss