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There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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I grew up reading Tolkien, and I love him. But I love him in the way that you love that rambly old grandfather. You have to sit through some pretty off-topic stuff before he starts telling his cool old war stories.
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If you're an actor, you know people are going to recognize you in a restaurant. If you're a rock star, you know people are going to stop you on the street and ask you for your autograph. But as an author? That's not something I was ready for.
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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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Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.
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Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.
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It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.
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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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...it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.
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It's hard for me to take myself too seriously when I'm constantly experiencing firsthand what an incredible gimp I can be.
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I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.
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Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor.
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Sometimes I go outside after a long stretch of writing and I'm surprised it's not raining. Or that it's daylight. Or that it's not the middle of winter. I don't know if that level of immersion is normal, but it's now I do things. I like it. It works well for me.
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Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.
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