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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?
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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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I don't speak fluent bumpkin.
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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.
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Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.
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He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it as calmly as ever, in spite of the fact that he accused them of things I'm sure no donkey has ever willingly done, especially not Beta, who possessed impeccable moral character.
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Ambrose, your presence is the horseshit frosting on the horseshit cake that is the admissions interview process.
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Whenever you write a character, you want to make them themselves, you want to make them unique. You don't want fifty characters in your book and they all pretty much act and think the same except they have different colored hair.
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But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough?
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There is something powerfully beguiling about the excited eyes of a young woman. They can pull all manner of nonsense out of a foolish young man, and I was no exception to this rule.
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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.
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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.
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All stories are true.
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As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.
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I need you to breathe for me.
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Unfortunately, a lot of fantasy is chock full of sexism and racism. A lot of authors don't even realize they're doing it, and a lot of readers don't know they're reading it. That's what makes it so scary in some cases.
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My favourite member of the Beatles is Lennon. He might have been crazy. But he's my kind of crazy.
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Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.
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I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there I'll just tell a little story about the things that happen in my everyday life. People seem to enjoy them well enough.
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She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep.
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