Quote

If your name is getting too heavy, you should have Kvothe give you a new one.

Patrick Rothfuss

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Heavy
Name
Names
Getting
Give
Giving

More quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

Image
You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year is a long time to wait for a sequel, but it's a short, short time to WRITE a sequel.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
I guess I'm destined to be loveless
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little boys.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
I love worldbuilding. It's as much fun for me as writing itself. It's like a hobby of mine.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Truth is a troublesome motherfucker unless it's handled properly
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
What I'd love more than anything is for Worldbuilders to continue to grow and become entangled in all the different corners of the geek community.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
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.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Thieves, Heretics, and Whores
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
I'm kind of balanced between excited about the potential of the project, and the knowledge that I shouldn't get my hopes up. I like to be practical, and the truth is, these deals fall apart all the time.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
I'm not a speed writer. I write slowly and revise obsessively. The end result tends to be good. That's where my strength is.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
After a certain point is reached the numbers cease to matter, and all that remains is the faceless mass of a crowd.
Patrick Rothfuss