“He writes like he´s afraid someone might actually understand him.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Some people are going to be impatient no matter what. If I wrote two books a year, someone out there would be… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I love worldbuilding. It's as much fun for me as writing itself. It's like a hobby of mine. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb. — 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'd like to work with some of the videogame companies for the simple fact that they obviously need some sort of writer's… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Sometimes I go outside after a long stretch of writing and I'm surprised it's not raining. Or that it's daylight. Or that… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
Now the truth is, writing is a great way to deal with a lot of difficult emotional issues. It can be very… — 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
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 myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't… — 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
The thing that helps me do a good job is that I don't feel the need to explain everything about the world… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched old sailors on the shore… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year 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
Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
In my opinion there are two basic questions that any writer tries to answer. "What is?" is the question non-fiction asks. "What… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
A lot of new writers assume you have to know the where the story is going and that it flows out as… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story? — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm just very careful with my words when I write. Obsessively careful. I'm the sort of person who worries about the difference… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 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 Image
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 Image
“Prefiero tocar canciones que divierten a mis amigos que complacer a quienes me juzgan basándose solo en habladurías" - Kvothe” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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