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I'd love to take a stab at writing videogames. There are a lot of storytelling opportunities that really aren't being taken advantage of in that field. I'd like to experiment with telling a truly non-linear story.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Patrick James Rothfuss
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Isn't that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones.
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What were you thinking? Bast said with an odd mixture of confusion and concern. Coat was a long while in answering. I tend to think too much Bast. My greatest successes tended to come when I stopped thinking and simply did what felt right, even if there was no explantion for what I did.
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Feel free to call me by my first name: Master.
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Practice makes the master.
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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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A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.
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I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them.
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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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I don't speak fluent bumpkin.
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