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We need time to relax and enjoy ourselves too, no matter how dark the story. The occasional humorous moment helps with that. That's one of the things that Joss Whedon excels at in his storytelling.

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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I don't feel beholden to follow the real world at all. The important thing is to know WHY things turned out the way they did. You need to understand the reasons for events, or at least be able to make reasonable guesses about them.
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I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little boys.
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I'm not a speed writer. I write slowly and revise obsessively. The end result tends to be good. That's where my strength is.
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Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?
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She looked at me. What? Is there something wrong with my idea? It's not very heroic, I said dismissively. I was expecting something with a little more flair. Well, I left my armor and warhorse at home, she said. You're just upset because your big University brain couldn't think of a way, and my plan is brilliant.
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Reading is professionally important for me to keep tuned in to what's being written in my genre, let's not lie. But that's not the reason I read. I read for my own emotional and mental health. If I stopped reading, I'd probably just die.
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“I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my time.” “This was nothing... Once I jumped off a roof.”
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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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How odd to watch a mortal kindle / Then to dwindle day by day / Knowing their bright souls are tinder / And the wind will have its way
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I'm not a role model. I'm an aberation. A statistical anomoly. Following in my footsteps is about the dumbest thing you could ever do.
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Humor is important. If you're going to tell any sort of realistic story, you're going to have to have humor in it, because people are funny. Clever people especially.
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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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Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.
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The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.
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When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.
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You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.
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When left to its own devices it tends to make me look as if I’ve been set afire.
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Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear.
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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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What has made me most proud - the things that I've done that I feel the most pride about - is helping people care about making the world better.
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