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It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Abenthy gave me an appraising look. I'd been waiting for it. It was the look that said, You don't sound as young as you look. I hoped he'd come to grips with it fairly soon. It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.
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That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.
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It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.
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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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I have no balance. My life is a hot mess.
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I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket, Wil said. And a ring of red amber that gives me power over demons. And an endless supply of cake.
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Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.
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That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.
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The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.
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