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
My only real daydreamy casting over the years has been Natalie Portman for Denna. She's an amazing actress, and Denna is going… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
After two years of sending out query letters and failing to get an agent, I made friends with an author, who was… — 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
If you open the door and realize things like the fact that Batman is occupying the same narrative space that Robin Hood… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed. They seemed so perfectly content. If you can… — 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 almost got a psychology degree, I almost got a philosophy degree. I kept changing it so they couldn't make me graduate.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I wanted to tell her that she was the first beautiful thing I had seen in three years. That the sight of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of interviews of the last few years, and I've actually started a list of questions that it would… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Then I felt something inside me break and music began to pour out into the quiet. My fingers danced; intricate and quick… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I've got a solid grounding in history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, etc etc. That means I actually have a good idea about how… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection — 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
The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
After I'd been in college for a couple years I'd read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You're sure your new roommate won't be like the last one who wore tinfoil socks and had a tendency to occasionally urinate… — 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
