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
children heart shadow
...if I have ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking.
pain people lessons
That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.
growing-up lying heart
Speculative fiction is where my heart lies. It's what I read growing up, and it's what I read as an adult.
air flames blood
On his first hand he wore rings of stone, Iron, Amber, Wood and Bone. There were rings unseen on his second hand, One blood in a flowing band, One was air all whisper thin, And the ring of ice had a flaw within. Full faintly shone the ring of flame, And the final ring was without name.
teaching men virtue
I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.
secret backyards mysterious
There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard.
thinking doors might
One of them had a large wooden sign nailed to its door proclaiming, NO SYMPATHY! I wondered what non-arcane visitors might think of the warning.
being-yourself dark night
I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.
feels good-words
I learned to love the feel of good words.
lying
The best lies about me are the ones I told.
character cookies stories
Also, worldbuilding touches all aspects of your story. It touches plot and character as well. If you don't know the culture your character comes from, how can you know what he's really like? You must know your characters on a much deeper level than you would if you just shrugged your way into a cookie cutter fantasy world.
believe nonsense dont-believe
But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.
life awful enough
But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough?
mom zoos men
My mom once lost track of me at the zoo and when she found me I was lecturing a man about the difference between dromedary and Bactrian camels. I was about 3 1/2.