Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick James Rothfussis an American writer of epic fantasy. He is best known for his projected three-volume series The Kingkiller Chronicle...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1973
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
evil stories want
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 of antagonist at all. A story without an antagonist gets weird pretty quick.
ideas fae pieces
But even this piece of flattery couldn't distract me from the fact that I was in the center of the Fae realm, blind, stark naked, and without the slightest idea of what was going on.
grateful mean simple
In the hours that followed, I learned that Ademic hand gestures did not actually represent facial expressions. It was nothing so simple as that. For example a smile can mean you're amused, happy, grateful, or satisfied. You can smile to comfort someone. You can smile because you're content or because you're in love. A grimace or a grin look similar to a smile, but they mean entirely different things. Imagine trying to teach someone how to smile. Imagine trying to describe what different smiles mean and when, precisely, to use them in conversation. It's harder than learning to walk.
math class taught
He taught only one class: 'Unlikely Maths'. But since the time was listed as "now" and the place, "everywhere," this was hardly helpful in tracking him down.
wise night men
I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.
crush heart secret
Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.
beautiful winning games
Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?
moving writing army
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 army, cursed ring, evil sorcerer. Tolkien did it. It rocked. Let's move on. Let's do something new.
tangled decision luck
My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.
air dust smell
The air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets.
cat jealous nonchalant
My shrug was so nonchalant it would make a cat jealous
years long quiet
A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection
writing law needs
You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb.
love-you trouble chasing
When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.