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All stories are true.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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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.
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That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.
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Auri, I asked slowly, are you joking with me? She looked up and grinned. Yes I am, she said proudly. Isn't it wonderful?
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Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters.
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Each book needs a good beginning and a good ending. People get pissed off when you don't close things off properly at the end.
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It was only then I realized I didn't know the name of Elodin's class. I leafed through the ledger until I spotted Elodin's name, then ran my finger back to where the title of the class was listed in fresh dark ink: Introduction to Not Being a Stupid Jackass. I sighed and penned my name in the single blank space beneath.
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Is there a connection between language and magic? Yes. Ten times yes. So much yes that it almost doesn't bear talking about. It's as pointless that arguing that the sun is hot.
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All stories are true, Skarpi said. But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.
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Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor.
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All the truth in the world is held in stories.
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Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?
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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.
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Small facts lead to great knowing.
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Stories only happen to people who can tell them.
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If you fall, you fall, Elodin shrugged. Sometimes falling teaches us things too. In dreams you often fall before you wake.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what I strive for.
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Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?
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It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.
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I'm not a big fan of overt marketing. I'd much rather just put things out there for people to see. I'm just putting it out there for people to see. If people think this is cool, I'm hoping they'll tell their friends.
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