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
Patrick Rothfuss quotes about
honesty too-much facts
Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere
writing plot rough-drafts
But it isn’t a rough draft either. The one I turned in several months ago was rough. There were some bad plot holes, some logical inconsistencies, pacing problems, and not nearly enough lesbian unicorns.
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.
order vicious roof
Vashet: “I will admit, I’ve never had a studen offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he’s worth my time.” Kvothe: “That was nothing. Once I jumped off a roof.
wise hero owl
Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.
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.
knows
You know, I could have carried you.
silence three dawn
Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.
writing law needs
You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb.
hunting soldier bows
Everything said, you couldn't hope for a nicer day to have a half dozen ex-soldiers with hunting bows relieve you of everything you owned.
play strings name-of-the-wind
I'll string a fiddle with your guts and make you play it while I dance.
loveless destined
I guess I'm destined to be loveless
pride folly one-thing
If there is one thing I will not abide it is the folly of a willful pride.
wise balls failing
Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone notices.