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It's hard for a newbie author to get noticed.

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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'm not a big fan of overt marketing. I'd much rather just put things out there for people to see. I'm just putting it out there for people to see. If people think this is cool, I'm hoping they'll tell their friends.
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As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.
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Each book needs a good beginning and a good ending. People get pissed off when you don't close things off properly at the end.
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Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.
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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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I’d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word “utilize” instead of “use.
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The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.
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I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.
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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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I'm pretty good at putting up drywall and I'm an excellent kisser. That's pretty much all of my skills right there.
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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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I don't speak fluent bumpkin.
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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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Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?
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One of my favorite artists on Deviantart.
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You may have heard of me.
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I need you to breathe for me.
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Auri, I asked slowly, are you joking with me? She looked up and grinned. Yes I am, she said proudly. Isn't it wonderful?
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I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.
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Thieves, Heretics, and Whores
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