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
wearing-a-mask mask dangerous
We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.
That's all that really matters in the end. Stories.
teacher travel men
No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet.
hands roots discipline
There is some conflict between religion and science in my world, but that's nothing new. Science, at its root, is a rational discipline. Religion, on the other hand, is fundamentally trans-rational. Both of them attempt to solve problems, but since their methodology is vastly different, they can't help but come into conflict.
beautiful thinking somewhere-else
A lot of new writers assume you have to know the where the story is going and that it flows out as molten gold. But really, sometimes you think you are going to one place, but then you decide that is dumb idea. Then you go somewhere else and it is a worse idea. But then you switch again and you might have a beautiful accident.
chance
I'd love to get a chance to talk shop with Joss Whedon. That's pretty high up there on the list.
powerful dragons shoes
The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.
laughter past simple
The cost of a loaf is a simple thing, and so a loaf is often sought, but some things are past valuing: laughter, land, and love are never bought.
writing novel needed
If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.
Coming to grips with being a bit of a celebrity. That's not anything I ever expected to have to deal with in my life.
mad done paper
This is the nature of love." Vashet said. "To attempt to describe it will drive a woman mad. This is what keeps poets scribbling endlessly away. If one could pin it to paper all complete, the others would lay down their pens. But it cannot be done.
flower long shows
I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.
tragedy alive said
It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.
moving firsts notes
You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.