Quote

You can't write good characters if you can't imagine what it's like being in another person's skin. And if you can imagine that, you naturally want other people's lives to be better. You want to make that happen.

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
Writing
Lives
Make
Write
Good
Another
Naturally
Like
Happens
Skin
People
Character
Skins
Persons
Characters
Person
Happen
Better
Imagine

More quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

Image
With slow care rather than stealth we must approach the subject of a certain woman. Her wildness is of such degree, I fear approaching her too quickly even in a story. Should I move recklessly, I might startle even the idea of her into sudden flight.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
The cost of a loaf is a simple thing, and so a loaf is often sought, but some things are past valuing: laughter, land, and love are never bought.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and know the same women.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
All explicit knowledge is translated knowledge, and all translation is imperfect.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I'll watch Brittany's Toxic music video all day. But there's a difference between that and listening to Leo Kottke play guitar. One is entertainment. The other is Music.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
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.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
Denna is a wild thing, I explained. Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
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.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.
Patrick Rothfuss
Image
That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt.
Patrick Rothfuss